Ingredients
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Directions
Up to 12 hours before serving:
1. Prepare vegetable mixture for pizza; assemble and bake just before
serving.
2. Marinate lamb; prepare tapenade.
3. Bake cake; reheat to serve warm.
4. Make salad and dressing; set aside separately and toss just before
serving.
5. Just before guests arrive, prepare potatoes.
Dinner Menu:
Pizza Primavera Lamb with Olive Pepper Tapenade Roast Potato Slices
Mushroom, Fennel and Parmesan Salad Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread
Source: Canadian Living magazine [Mar 95] Presented in an article by
Bonnie Stern Recipes from Canadian Living Test Kitchen
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Servings: 1 schedule
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