Sat, 27 January 2018
ingredients:
4 Lamb Shanks (250g Each)
100ml Cooking Oil
250g Onion
250g Celery
250g Carrot
100ml Water
50g Tomato paste
2 Bay leaves
2 Beef Stock Cubes
1tsp Cloves
2 Sprigs Rosemary
250ml Red Wine
150ml Balsamic Vinegar
1 litre Gravy base / veal stock
2 sachets Lamb gravy powder
2 tbsp Bisto later
Salt/pepper
method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180oC.
2. Heat a cast iron pot on stove top with oil until very hot
3. Season shanks. Sear & brown well in the hot cast iron pot
4. Remove shanks and set aside to rest.
5. Add onion, celery, carrot & sweat until glassy and browned. Add a little water at this stage to help sweat & soften the veg.
6. Add tomato paste, bay leaves and sweat.
7. Deglaze with wine & balsamic. Stir and simmer.
8. Add rosemary, veal stock and stock cubes. Bring to a boil and turn down the heat.
9. Add the lamb shanks back into the sauce, cover with a lid and place into the oven .
10. Reduce temperature to 150⁰C.
11. After 2 hours, check if a butter knife pierces easily through the meat, at this stage mix in a slurry of 2 sachets of lamb gravy mixed with 2 tablespoons of gravy browning with 100ml of cold water.
12. Return to the oven and cook for a further 30 minutes or until the meat has softened and the sauce has thickened
For the Roast Garlic Mash:
2 litre Water
1kg Potato
200g Butter
100ml Milk
1 whole Garlic Clove Roasted
1/2 sprig Rosemary
50g Chives chopped
Salt & Pepper
method:
1. Wrap a whole clove of garlic with a little salt and rosemary in tin foil. Roast in an oven at 180⁰C until soft. Allow to cool in the foil.
2. Peel & cut potato into medium cubes, cover with water and a generous amount of salt
3. Heat milk and butter in a pot but do not allow to boil.
4. While milk is heating, cook potatoes until easily pierced with a knife. Drain and allow to steam dry in a colander.
5. Mash the potatoes and add the milk/butter mixture.
6. Remove the cooked garlic clove from the foil and squeeze out the roasted garlic pulp, adding it to the mashed potato.
7. Add the chopped chives and mix
