Lamb shanks- recipe anyone?

maman

What a bargain, well done you!

My favourite is to brown the shanks in some butter and oil, remove, add sliced leeks to soften/brown, add cubed parsnip and sliced carrot plus a pint of beef stock and 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce and season. Put veg mixture in casserole with shank resting in it. Cook slowly for at least 2 hours. Do loads of veg because it's delicious. I sometimes put in diced potato and sliced mushroom too and serve with something green.

Forgot to say I add a few sprigs of thyme as well and oven cook (not tried in SC but would probably be OK)

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I love lamb shanks but think because they have become quite popular the prices seem to have risen quite a bit. I have two at the moment in my freezer and I shall slow cook them when I have my sis-in-law down for a visitt when the weather is really cold and frosy.The smell of them cooking is lovely and I like them with a few chopped lleks and carrots and onions and some rosemary sprinkled over.Finished off with some redcurrant jelly as a bit of 'posh'. My Mum used to get them from the butchers just after the war, and they would be practically given away for a few pennies as they weren't really considered worth cooking. She would cook them in a big pot on the stove and coming in from school on a cold winters night it was lovely to have with mash and cabbage.A real winter warmer.

charliee_3

i'm amazed you got reduced food from M&S.. i thought they threw things out rather than sell them off????

Icey77

Nah, I've seen reduced food at M&S. You need to go in late in the day. the Simply Food shops seem to be better than a big high street store food dept.

I got a pyramid of profitaroles for a pound once ... had to go back and get a second once the OH found out :rolleyes:

andygb

parsonswife8 wrote: »

Got 4 lamb shanks in my slow cooker right now. Got mine at Sainsburys butcher for £5 a kilo, so ended up being just over £7 for the 4.
I browned them in a pan, put them in the preheated slow cooker with a tin of chopped tomatoes and lamb stock, fried off some chopped onions and garlic and added that to the slow cooker, with rosemary, salt and pepper and a dash of red wine vinegar and Worcestershire Sauce. Later on, I will add some sliced carrots and finally, a can of canneloni beans.
Lovely with mashed potatoes and cabbage or spinach.
They end up with the meat falling off the bone.

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This is "right on the money for me" to quote Greg off Masterchef, glad to see the addition of Worcester sauce and red wine vinegar (sometimes put in a dash of Balsamic).
Slow cooked Cassoulet for me tonight as well as reduced sausages - BARGAIN (sorry can't do the Welsh accent), funnily enough, lots of ingredients from above.
Ah, Winter and good, hearty value food.

Andy

parsonswife8

I'm pleased to tell you andy that those shanks are looking and smelling divine. :j
My hubby and my daughter will at least have something tasty and hot to tuck into when they get home at 7pm tonight.:rotfl:

pie81

gosh this thread has made me hungry.

the main thing with lamb shanks is to brown them on the hob first, then slow cook in some sort of liquid either on the hob at lowish temp or in a lowish oven. you can choose what veg, liquid and flavourings to use. They will need at least an hour, probably more like 2.

here's a moroccan style variation:

start by browning the meat, then take out of the pan
gently fry veg (onions, leeks, carrots are good)
add back in the meat
half cover with water
add a stock cube
add a bit of sherry or wine, or some red wine vinegar/balsamic vinegar
add some spices (plenty of ground cumin, a bit of cayenne powder, a cinnamon stick or 2)
slow cook (oven or hob) for 1.5 hours or so
(at this stage you can also add some dried fruit if you like sweet flavoured stews, eg dried apricots or dried figs)
add drained tin of chickpeas and cook for another 10 minutes
add chopped coriander/parsley

serve with cous cous

yum yum

Jo_King

Thanks folks. This all got me so excited, I decided to hold off cooking until tomorrow (I'm not too worried about them being a day over their use by!), when I've a bit more time to give them the love and attention they deserve. I think it'll be loads of veggie - I love veggies anyway, and they'll be nice to heat up the next day!

tandraig

lamb shanks - at one time butchers couldnt give them away! now they are popular with foodies so prices gone up! as has pork belly!
i love lamb with mint and red wine or rosemary and red wine but brown them first then chuck them in casserole dish with a good covering of either wine and water or just wine (red) or just lamb stock (with knorr stock cube) add some onion carrot etc (whatever veg you like) pepper and some mixed herbs. casserole for at least 2 and half to 3 hours. lovely or even better - let it all cool and heat up next day! some garlic bread and mash or chips or whatever you like.

Pink.

I love lamb shanks, real comfort food! I like them roasted slowly with tomatoes, onions and garlic and rosemary.

There are some lovely ideas on this thread so I've added it to the main thread on cooking lamb shanks to keep the suggestions together.

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