Braised Lamb Shanks

Name: Braised Lamb Shanks
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 lamb shanks (3 to 3 1/2 pounds total), trimmed of excess fat; 1 serving Salt; 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 medium yellow onion, chopped; 2 larges carrots, chopped; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 3 mediums potatoes, cut into 2-inch chunks; 1 garlic clove, minced; 296 milliliters chicken or beef stock; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried; 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped, or 1/2 teaspoon dried; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 bay leaf; 177 milliliters raisins, soaked in 1/2 cup sherry for a couple hours; 118 milliliters fresh mint leaves

Braised Lamb Shanks might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One portion of this dish contains about 27g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 389 calories. This recipe serves 4. If you have potatoes, onion, beef stock, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F. Season lamb shanks with salt.

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Lamb Shanks

Salt

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Oven

Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or an oven-proof, thick-bottomed, pot with a tight fitting cover on medium high heat on the stovetop. Working in batches if necessary, brown the lamb shanks in the pot on all sides.

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Lamb Shanks

Cooking Oil

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Oven

Remove shanks to a dish.

Sauté the onion, carrot, celery:

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Celery

Onion

Add onion, carrot and celery and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring often.

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Celery

Onion

Add potatoes and cook another 2 minutes.

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Potato

Add the garlic, lamb shanks, and herbs (except for the mint). If using, add the sherry and raisins; bring the sherry to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.

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Lamb Shanks

Raisins

Garlic

Sherry

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Mint

Add the stock and bring to a simmer.

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Stock

Remove from heat, cover the pot and bake in the oven for 1 1/2 or 2 hours or until shanks are tender.

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Strip meat from bones:

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Meat

Remove the shanks, strip the meat from the bones and return the meat to the pan.

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Meat

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Serve with fresh mint leaves as garnish.

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Fresh Mint

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Servings:

lamb shanks (3 to 3 1/2 pounds total), trimmed of excess fat 1serving

Salt 2Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 1medium

yellow onion, chopped 2larges

carrots, chopped 2

celery stalks, chopped 3mediums

potatoes, cut into 2-inch chunks 1

garlic clove, minced 296milliliters

chicken or beef stock 2teaspoons

fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried 1teaspoon

fresh rosemary, chopped, or 1/2 teaspoon dried 1teaspoon

dried oregano 1

bay leaf 177milliliters

raisins, soaked in 1/2 cup sherry for a couple hours 118milliliters

fresh mint leaves

Recommended wine: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Shiraz

Lamb Shanks works really well with Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Shiraz. Red wine with red meat is fairly standard, but these bold reds with smoother tannins complement lamb's delicate flavor. You could try Vindicated Cabernet Sauvignon. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.