Slow-Cooked Lamb Shanks

Ingredients

• 4 lamb shanks✓ GST-Free
• 2 diced brown onion✓ GST-Free
• 6 cloves garlic✓ GST-Free
• 2 diced carrots✓ GST-Free
• 800 g tinned diced tomatoes✓ GST-Free
• 500 ml beef or lamb stock✓ GST-Free
• 250 ml (or extra stock) red wine+10% GST
• 2 tbsp olive oil✓ GST-Free
• 4 sprigs fresh rosemary and thyme✓ GST-Free
• to taste salt and pepper✓ GST-Free

Method

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 160°C. Season shanks well with salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Brown shanks all over, 3–4 minutes per side. Set aside.

3. 3

   In the same pot, sauté onion, garlic, and carrot for 5 minutes. Add wine and reduce by half.

4. 4

   Add tomatoes, stock, and herbs. Return shanks to the pot — liquid should come halfway up the shanks.

5. 5

   Cover and braise in the oven for 2.5–3 hours until the meat is falling off the bone. Serve over creamy mashed potato.