Ingredients

• Marinade
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
  
• 1 tablespoon green cardamom pods
  
• 1 teaspoon whole fenugreek seed
  
• 1 teaspoon whole cumin seed
  
• 2 cups dry red wine
  
• 2 teaspoons salt
  
• 4-5 turns of the peppermill
  
• zest from 1 orange
  

• Stew
• 1 pound lamb stew meat - my butcher cuts a nice sized 1" stew meat from the leg
  
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
  
• 1 cup chopped onion
  
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  
• ¹/₂ cup tomato sauce
  
• 1 cup canned whole San Marzano tomatoes
  
• ¹/₂ teaspoon ground cardamom
  
• ¹/₂ teaspoon grains of paradise (sub pepper if you don't have this - but really you should get some!)
  
• ¹/₂ cup low salt beef stock or broth - of course homemade is the best but use what you have
  
• ¹/₄ cup fresh squeezed orange juice