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Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks with Red Wine Sauce
• Agora Gourmet Market LTD

Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks with Red Wine Sauce

Ingredients:

4 lamb shanks , around 400g each 

1 tsp each salt and pepper

2 - 3 tbsp olive oil

1 cup Brown onion , finely diced 

3 garlic cloves , minced

1 cup carrot , finely diced 

1 cup celery , finely diced 

2 1/2 cups Cooper Burns 2018 Shiraz 

800g can crushed tomatoes

2 tbsp tomato paste

2 cups chicken stock, low sodium 

5 sprigs of thyme (preferably tied together), or 2 tsp dried thyme

2 dried bay leaves (or 4 fresh)

 

TO SERVE:

Mashed potato, polenta or pureed cauliflower

Fresh thyme leaves, optional garnish

 

Method:

  • Pat the lamb shanks dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a heavy based pot over high heat. Sear the lamb shanks in 2 batches until brown all over, about 5 minutes.
  • Remove lamb onto a plate and drain excess fat (if any) from the pot.
  • Turn the heat down to medium low. Heat remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil in the same pot, if needed. Add the onion and garlic, cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add carrot and celery. Cook for 5 minutes until onion is translucent and sweet.
  • Add the red wine, chicken stock, crushed tomato, tomato paste, thyme and bay leaves. Stir to combine.
  • Place the lamb shanks into the pot, squeezing them in to fit so they are mostly submerged. 
  • Turn stove up, bring to a simmer. Cover, then transfer to the oven for 2 hours.
  • Remove from oven, remove lid, then return to the oven for another 30 minutes (so 2 1/2 hours in total). Check to ensure lamb meat is ultra tender (use 2 forks) - if not, cover and keep cooking. Ideal is tender meat but still just holding onto bone.
  • Remove lamb onto plate and keep warm. Pick out and discard bay leaves and thyme.
  • Strain the sauce into a bowl, pressing to extract all sauce out of the veggies. Pour strained sauce back into pot. Bring to simmer over medium heat and reduce slightly to a syrupy consistency. Taste then add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve the lamb shanks on mashed potato or cauliflower puree with plenty of sauce! Garnish with thyme leaves if desired.
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