Sticky spiced lamb shanks

Name: Sticky spiced lamb shanks
Prep time: 3 h 15 min
Cook time: 3 h 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 lamb shanks; 3 onions, sliced; 4 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 Tbsp each cumin and coriander seeds, crushed; 1 pinch pinch of chilli flakes; 400 grams chopped tomatoes; 500 milliliters chicken or vegetable stock; 2 Tbsps pomegranate molasses; 4 dried apricots, chopped; 4 dried figs, chopped; 1 handful coriander, chopped

Sticky spiced lamb shanks might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 2. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 recipe has 612 calories, 46g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 41% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of olive oil, cinnamon stick, pomegranate molasses, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Add 1 tbsp oil to a small, tight-lidded casserole and brown shanks for a couple of mins, turning as you go.

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Cooking Oil

Remove and set aside.

Add remaining oil and onions to the pan and cook for about 10 mins until soft.

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Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add garlic and spices and cook for 4 mins more. Tip in tomatoes and stock, then nestle the shanks back in on their sides. Bring to a boil, cover and put in the oven. Cook for 2 hrs: turn the shanks now and then.

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Tomato

Garlic

Spices

Stock

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Remove the lid and stir through the molasses, apricots and figs. Cook, uncovered, for 30 mins more or until the meat is falling away from the bone.

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Apricot

Molasses

Bone

Figs

Meat

Remove shanks from the dish and wrap in foil to keep warm.

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Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Put the dish back onto the heat and cook down the juices until thick and saucy. Season, then serve the shanks, scattered with coriander, alongside the rice (see 'Goes well with', right).

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Coriander

Rice

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Servings:

garlic cloves, sliced 1

cinnamon stick 1Tbsp

each cumin and coriander seeds, crushed 1pinch

pinch of chilli flakes 400grams

chopped tomatoes 500milliliters

chicken or vegetable stock 2Tbsps

pomegranate molasses 4

dried apricots, chopped 4

dried figs, chopped 1handful

coriander, chopped

Recommended wine: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Shiraz

Lamb Shanks can be paired 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 Tenshen Cabernet Sauvignon. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.