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Lamb Shanks cooked in Red Wine and Tomatoes

Slow-cooked lamb shanks make for the most tender succulent, fall off the bone meat. Together with its delicious gravy and our baked cheese cauliflower recipe, this dish is a Christmas holidays favourite.

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Lamb Shanks with Baked Cauliflower

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By MC – Serves: 3

Prep Time: 30 – Cooking Time: 2 hours – Total Time: 2hours 30 minutes

Slow-cooked lamb shanks make for the most tender succulent, fall off the bone meat. Together with its delicious gravy and our baked cheese cauliflower recipe, this dish is a Christmas holidays favourite.

Ingredients

3 lamb shanks x 400g each

50g plain flour

salt & pepper

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

3 tbsp golden drop olive oil

2 onions chopped

3 garlic chopped

1 tsp dried ginger

1 carrot large

2 bay leaves

2 cinnamon sticks

700g tomato puree

3 tbsp soy sauce

400ml red wine

FOR THE BAKED CAULIFLOWER

Boiled cauliflower

1 egg beaten

2 minced garlic

7 tbsp cucina d'oro cooking sauce

4 tbsp bread crumbs

3 tbsp fior di vita 4 cheese

3 tbsp fior di vita mild cheddar

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 160c

2

Add the salt and pepper to the flour and mix with the cinnamon

3

Roll in the lamb in the flour mixture.

4

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over high heat and fry the lamb shanks on each side.

5

Remove them from the saucepan and set aside.

6

Add the rest of the oil, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, add the garlic, ginger and carrot and cook for another 2 minutes.

7

While stirring add the bay leaves and the cinnamon sticks, tomatoes, soy sauce and wine and cook for 5 minutes

8

Place the lamb shanks in a deep oven dish and pour over the wine sauce, Cover and cook in the oven for about two hours until the meat is tender and the sauce is soft and thickens.

9

FOR THE BAKED CAULIFLOWER

10

Boil the cauliflower until tender and place in an oven dish

11

In a bowl beat the egg

12

Add all the ingredients

13

Mix well and pour over the cauliflower

14

Bake at 200C for 20mins