Aromatic Lamb Shank Stew

Name: Aromatic Lamb Shank Stew
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps sliced almonds; 6 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 2 slices Approximately 2 tablespoons unsalted butter in; 4 cardamom pods; 510 grams About 2 3/4 cups couscous; 4 cloves garlic; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 3 Tbsps honey; 8 lamb shanks; 3 Tbsps Marsala wine; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 2 onions; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 2 Tbsps pistachios; 1 dried red chile pepper, crumbled, or 1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes; 6 Tbsps red lentils; 2 teaspoons salt; 6 servings Sprinkling salt; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 1 Tbsp turmeric; 6 Tbsps peanut or vegetable oil, divided; 3 Tbsps chopped pistachios, chopped blanched almonds or a mixture of both

Aromatic Lamb Shank Stew might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 69g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 930 calories. A mixture of roughly 2 tablespoons butter in, onions, soy sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Put 3 tablespoons of the oil into a very large, wide, heavy-bottomed pan and warm over medium heat. Brown the lamb shanks, in batches, in the pan and then remove to a roasting pan or whatever else you've got at hand to sit them in.

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Lamb Shanks

Cooking Oil

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Roasting Pan

Peel the onions and garlic and process in a food processor or chop them finely by hand.

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Garlic

Onion

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Food Processor

Add the remaining oil to the pan, and fry the onion-garlic mush until soft, sprinkling salt over to stop it sticking.

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Garlic

Onion

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Stir in the turmeric, ground ginger, chile, cinnamon and nutmeg and season with some freshly ground pepper. Stir again, adding the honey, soy sauce and Marsala.

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Ginger Powder

Ground Black Pepper

Soy Sauce

Cinnamon

Turmeric

Marsala

Nutmeg

Chili Pepper

Honey

Put the shanks back in the pan, add cold water almost to cover, bring to the boil then put a lid on the pan, lower the heat and simmer very gently for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is tender.

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Water

Meat

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Frying Pan

Add the red lentils and cook for about 20 minutes longer with the lid, until the lentils have softened into the sauce and the juices have reduced and thickened slightly. Check for seasoning.

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Red Lentils

Seasoning

Lentils

Sauce

Toast the nuts by heating them for a few minutes in a dry frying pan, and sprinkle onto the lamb as you serve it.

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Toast

Lamb

Nuts

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Frying Pan

Fill the bottom of a steamer, or base of a couscoussier should you possess one, with water and bring to a boil. When it looks like it's almost ready to boil, fill the kettle and put it on, then empty the couscous into a glass bowl, add the salt, crush in the cardamom and mix with your fingers, then pour over a quart of boiling water from the kettle and place a plate on top of the bowl. Leave to stand for 5 minutes, then drain and empty into the steamer or couscoussier top and sit this on top of the boiling water beneath.

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Cardamom

Couscous

Water

Base

Salt

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Bowl

Add the slices of butter on top of the couscous then clamp on the lid and let steam for about 7 to 10 minutes, by which time the couscous should be tenderly cooked and the butter melting. (You can do this a simpler way if you prefer, by just steeping the couscous in the boiling water for 10 to 15 minutes, but the grains will be more dense and more likely to clump. It's not disastrous, however, and you must decide what you're prepared to do.)

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Couscous

Butter

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Water

Meanwhile, toast the almonds by frying them in a dry pan until fragrant and golden, remove them to a plate, then do the same to the pine nuts. Chop the pistachios. Once the couscous is cooked, tip the bowl, fork through (and always use a fork for mixing or fluffing up couscous; a spoon will crush it and turn it stodgy), sprinkling in the almonds and pine nuts as you do so (and taste for seasoning at the same time, too). Now fork in most of the pistachios, and sprinkle those that remain lightly on top.

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Pistachio Nuts