Braised Lamb Shanks Wrapped in Eggplant

Name: Braised Lamb Shanks Wrapped in Eggplant
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black pepper; 15 whole black peppercorns; 794 grams whole tomatoes in purée, coarsely chopped (including purée) in a food processor; 1 stick (1 1/2-inch) piece cinnamon; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 1 kilograms eggplants (at least 10 inches long and 4 inches in diameter), trimmed; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 larges green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 3 kilograms lamb shanks, trimmed of excess fat; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Turkish bay leaves or 1 California; 16 whole allspice

Braised Lamb Shanks Wrapped in Eggplant requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 33g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 303 calories. It works well as a rather expensive main course. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. A mixture of lamb shanks, peppercorns, canned tomatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Remove 2-inch-wide strips of skin from opposite sides of each eggplant with a vegetable peeler and discard. Holding knife parallel to a peeled side, cut each eggplant lengthwise into 8 (1/3-inch-thick) slices.

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Eggplant

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Brush eggplant slices on both sides with oil and arrange in 1 layer in 2 shallow baking pans.

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Eggplant

Cooking Oil

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Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until eggplant is tender and lightly browned, 30 to 40 minutes total. Cool eggplant in pans. Leave oven on.

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Eggplant

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Pat shanks dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

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Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown shanks in 2 batches, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes per batch.

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Transfer as browned to a roasting pan just large enough to hold shanks in 1 layer. Reserve skillet.

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Cook bell pepper, garlic, spices, and bay leaves in fat remaining in skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden, about 3 minutes.

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Bell Pepper

Bay Leaves

Garlic

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Add wine and bring to a boil, stirring and scraping up any brown bits.

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Wine

Add chopped tomatoes and bring to a boil. Season sauce with salt and pepper and pour over shanks (liquid should come about halfway up sides of meat).

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Cover roasting pan tightly with foil and braise in middle of oven until very tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Cool shanks, uncovered. Leave oven on.

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Remove shanks from sauce. Discard bones and gristle, then cut meat into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Skim fat from sauce and season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon one third of sauce into a 13- by 9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish.

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Arrange 2 eggplant slices end to end lengthwise on a work surface so that ends overlap by about 2 inches. Put one eighth of lamb on eggplant where it overlaps, then wrap ends of eggplant over lamb to form a bundle.

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Lamb

Wrap

Transfer bundle to baking dish with a wide metal spatula. Make 7 more bundles in same manner, arranging them in 1 layer in dish. Spoon remaining sauce over and around bundles and cover dish tightly with foil.

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