lamb shanks cooked with wine & apricots

Name: Lamb Shanks cooked with wine & apricots
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 4 - lamb shanks; 1 - leek, roughly chopped; 4 - celery sticks, roughly chopped; 2 - carrots, roughly chopped; 2 - onions, roughly chopped; 1 - garlic bulb; 1 - bay leaf; 1 tablespoon(s) thyme leaves; 1 tablespoon(s) rosemary, chopped; 500 milliliter(s) chicken stock; 250 milliliter(s) red wine; 150 milliliter(s) port; 100 gram(s) dried apricots

4 Pinches

JR Mattsen

Nelson

Updated on Apr 8, 2015

Recipe copied from House Beautiful (chef Simon Rimmer)

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 2 Hr 30 Min

method Bake

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

4 - lamb shanks
1 - leek, roughly chopped
4 - celery sticks, roughly chopped
2 - carrots, roughly chopped
2 - onions, roughly chopped
1 - garlic bulb
1 - bay leaf
1 tablespoon thyme leaves
1 tablespoon rosemary, chopped
500 milliliters chicken stock
250 milliliters red wine
150 milliliters port
100 grams dried apricots

How To Make lamb shanks cooked with wine & apricots

Step 1

Preheat oven to 150C

Step 2

Heat oil in large ovenproof casserole dish, big enough to take four lamb shanks & then some - cook shanks until browned & sealed on all sides, then remove from dish
Step 3

Add all veg & garlic to the dish & cook, stirring, for 2 min.
Step 4

Add herbs & put the lamb back in pan, placing it on top of the veg. Add the stock, wine, port & apricots (cut in half)
Step 5

Put lid on & cook shanks in the oven for at least 2 1/2 hours, 3 hours is better, until meat falls off bone.
Step 6

Serve with mash & green veg.
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