3-1/2 lbs shoulder of lamb
2 medium onions finely chopped
2 carrots, chopped
Salt, pepper
Bouquet garni
1/2 cup of beurre manié
2/3 cup of mayonnaise
Juice of lemon

• Remove the meat from the bones, trim excess fat and cut the meat into 2 inch cubes.
• Heat a bit of oil in a large pan, add the onions and carrots and cook, stirring all the time, for 5 minutes.
• Do not brown.
• Add the meat and seal in the oil but do not let brown.
• Pour in enough hot water to cover the meat, add the salt, pepper and bouquet garni, simmer gently for 1 hour or more.
• Add the beurre manié a little at a time over the heat until a creamy sauce is obtained and the flour is cooked.
• Remove the meat and vegetable in a hot serving dish after draining the sauce from them.
• Discard the bouquet garni and place the meat in a warm serving dish. Reserve.
• Mix a little of the sauce with the homemade mayonnaise, return to the pan, mix well and add lemon juice and seasoning.
• Strain some sauce over the meat, garnish with the vegetable and sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve the rest of the sauce separately.

Garnish (cooked separately and tossed in butter)

1/2 lb of green beans
1/2 lb of carrots
Parsley

Mayonnaise

• Beat 2 egg yolks with 1 tsp of Dijon mustard and a dash of white pepper.
• Drip about 1 cup of olive oil in this mixture, slowly at the beginning and faster when it starts to thicken.
• Add 2 Tbsp of lemon and some salt.

Beurre manié

• 1/4 cup of butter worked together with 1/2 cup of flour.