Slow Cooker Lamb Stew with Butternut Squash and Marsala Wine

Ingredients

• 1 pound cubed lamb stew meat
• 0.5 teaspoons salt , or more to taste
• 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 medium sweet onion , diced
• 1 medium shallot , diced
• 4 cloves garlic , minced
• 2 cups diced butternut squash
• 2 cups chopped white mushrooms
• 1 cup diced sweet potato
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup diced celery
• 2 cups beef bone broth
• 1 cup Marsala wine
• 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Season lamb with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, shallot, and a pinch of salt; saute until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add lamb and brown for 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer to a slow cooker.

3. 3

   Add butternut squash, mushrooms, sweet potato, carrots, and celery; mix ingredients. Add bone broth and Marsala wine; it won't look like enough liquid but don't worry. Place rosemary and thyme on top.

4. 4

   Cover and cook on High for 3 hours. Lift off fresh herbs and stir the stew. Replace herbs, cover, and cook on Low until vegetables and lamb are tender, about 1 hour more.

5. 5

   Remove herbs before serving.