Braised Lamb Shanks with Orange and Olives

Name: Braised Lamb Shanks with Orange and Olives
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 28 grams 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (about; 1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme; 6 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 4 kalamata olives, pitted and quartered lengthwise; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 kilograms lamb shanks, trimmed; 946 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium beef broth; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 118 milliliters fresh orange juice (about 2 oranges); 1 Tbsp grated orange rind; 1 Tbsp tomato paste

Braised Lamb Shanks with Orange and Olives is Head to the store and pick up tomato paste, kalamatan olives, orange juice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the orange rind you could follow this main course with the Blueberry-Orange Parfaits as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Sprinkle lamb with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Lamb

Place flour in a shallow dish. Dredge lamb in flour, turning to coat; shake off excess flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Shake

Lamb

Add 2 shanks to pan; cook for 2 1/2 minutes on each side or until browned.

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Frying Pan

Remove from pan. Repeat procedure twice with remaining lamb shanks.

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Lamb Shanks

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Frying Pan

Add garlic to pan; saut for 1 minute.

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Garlic

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Frying Pan

Add orange juice, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in wine; bring to a boil. Cook 3 minutes. Stir in beef broth, thyme, and tomato paste; return to a boil.

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Orange Juice

Tomato Paste

Beef Broth

Thyme

Wine

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Remove from heat.

Add lamb to pan; cover and bake at 350 for 2 hours. Stir in rind and olives; bake an additional 30 minutes or until lamb is very tender.

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Olives

Lamb

Beef

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Oven

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Place lamb on a platter; keep warm.

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Lamb

Place a large zip-top plastic bag inside a 4-cup glass measure.

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Ziploc Bags

Pour cooking liquid into bag; let stand 10 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bag; carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag.

Drain cooking liquid and olives into pan, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard fat. Bring cooking liquid to a boil over medium-high heat; cook until reduced to 2 cups (about 20 minutes).

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Olives

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Frying Pan