Lamb Shanks
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Preparation time: 2 to 2 1/2 hours. The trick to delicious lamb shanks is to brown the shanks first.
Lamb Shanks Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 Lamb shanks
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 3 cups chopped vegetables including carrots, celery, potatoes
- 1 cup stock or boiling water with a bullion cube
- Seasoning - salt and pepper, thyme, oregano, rosemary, one bay leaf
Optional, and highly recommended:
- 3/4 cup raisins, soaked in sherry for a couple hours
- 1/2 cup of fresh mint leaves
Method
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2 Season lamb shanks with salt and pepper. Heat an oven-proof dutch oven or casserole pan with a tight fitting cover on medium high heat on the stovetop. Sear the lamb shanks in the casserole pan on both sides until golden brown. Remove shanks to a dish.
3 Heat oil in casserole pan until hot; add onions, garlic, and vegetables and saute for 5 minutes. Add shanks, boiling stock, seasoning, and raisins. Bring to a boil.
4 Cover the casserole pan and bake in the oven for 1 1/2 or 2 hours or until shanks are tender. Remove shanks, strip meat from bones and return meat to the pan.
Serve with fresh mint leaves as garnish.
Serves 4.
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One thing to keep in mind with something like lamb shanks: If you are impatient, they come out wonderfully from a pressure cooker in, like, 20 minutes instead of 90. Brown them first of course.