Lamb shanks- recipe anyone?

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, try these recent threads for ideas:

Lamb shanks in slow cooker

Lamb shanks - recipe anyone?

HTH, Penny. x

icecubequeen

filigree wrote: »

Are you planning to cook the shanks, cut the meat off and then cook it all over again in a casserole? Because it won't be necessary to do that. Cook the shanks with the stock, pulses and veg as you suggested. Cut the meat off the bones when you come to dish it up. If they're small shanks, or your family are big eaters, just plonk one shank on each plate and let them cut the meat up themselves

Hope that helps, sorry if I misunderstood your post.

yeah I was planning on cooking the shanks first then stripping the meat from em

because i dont have a casserole dish big enough to hold the shanks and the other ingredients altogether

and I only have 2 shanks to go between 4 ppl, so thought taking the meat off and bulking it out with other ingredients would make it go further

thanks for you help though, tis much appreciated xxx

HappyIdiotTalk

angelavdavis wrote: »

I cook my lamb shanks in my slow cooker, I put them on top of the following:

One onion - sliced
Two carrots - sliced
stick of celery - sliced
two cloves of garlic chopped finely
bay leaf
tin of tomatoes
pinch of cumin
half a cup of puy lentils
1 pint of lamb stock
salt/pepper

I leave it on low all day. Add chopped fresh parsley (optional) before serving. I serve with spinach or other green veg. Its falling off the bone delicious!

I guess you could do the same cooking them in an oven for a couple of hours in a casserole dish with lid.

Oh fantastic, thanks very much! I'm not going to be happy until I've tried this now, it sounds delicious!

Will it work with chicken stock or water though as lamb stock sounds like a technicality to far?

Pink.

Hi HappyIdiotTalk,

It would work with chicken stock but it won't taste anything like as good.

Lamb stock is easy....just simmer any left over lamb bones you have with an onion, a couple of carrots, black pepper, a bay leaf and any leftover water from cooking vegetables.

On the other hand, Knorr do lamb stock cubes.

Pink

Pink.

icecubequeen wrote: »

because i dont have a casserole dish big enough to hold the shanks and the other ingredients altogether

Hi icecubequeen,

I don't have a casserole dish big enough to do a casserole for five with lamb shanks either, so what I do is use my largest roasting dish covered in tin foil. It works just as well.

Pink

Churchmouse

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi icecubequeen,

I don't have a casserole dish big enough to do a casserole for five with lamb shanks either, so what I do is use my largest roasting dish covered in tin foil. It works just as well.

Pink

Now that you've written that, it just seems so obvious!:D So why have i never thought of it, and used two casserole dishes sometimes:rotfl: :rotfl:

Horace

My previous posting disappeared.

Do I roast them in foil or what? Tips appreciated.

Icemaiden

Are you cooking them on their own or in a sauce? reason I ask is I like to do them in the slow cooker with onions & a thick gravy:drool: . My butcher reasures me you can never overcook lamb as the longer its cooked the better it is. James Martin cooked Lamb Shanks on Saturday Kitchen last week and he put them in the oven in a cassorole on gas mark 2 for 12 hours:eek:

Hope that helps you,

Ice
x

Horace

Icemaiden - I don't know the best way to cook them but I know I won't be cooking them for 12 hours! I don't have a slow cooker either just a good oldfashioned stewpot. If you have a recipe that you can share it would be much appreciated.

JoeyEmma

I cooked lamb neck last night which is similar.

I fryed off a sliced onion, couple garlic cloves. I then added 2 tins tomatoes, tin cannelini beans and a couple glasses red wine. Added a bay leaf (could have added some thyme, but didn't have any or orange peel- don't try satsuma peel, I've made that mistake before) and then the meat. I cooked it in the oven on about 120'C for about 3-4 hours. You can fry off the meat first, but I'm trying to cut down on added fat in my food, so didn't. I;ve cooked lamn shanks like this as well.