Lamb shanks are wonderful pieces of meat and can be very tender and flavorful. In this recipe, you prepare the lamb shanks by braising them in a zesty tomato sauce.
Recipe type: Beef and Lamb Dinners
Serves: 4 lamb shanks
Ingredients
[1/2] cupall-purpose flour
4lamb shanks
2 tsp.salt
1[1/2] tsp. ground black pepper
5 TB. extra-virgin olive oil
1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
5 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
1 medium celery stalk, finely chopped
2 large carrots, finely chopped
3 TB.tomato paste
1 (16-oz.) can crushed tomatoes with juice
5 cupsvegetable broth
2 TB. fresh rosemary (finely chopped)
2 TB. fresh thyme (finely chopped)
Instructions
Place all-purpose flour in a shallow dish.
Season lamb shanks with 1 teaspoon salt and [1/2] teaspoon black pepper, and dredge in flour just to coat.
In a large, oven-safe pot or a Dutch oven over medium heat, heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Add lamb shanks, and brown evenly on all sides for about 10 minutes. Remove from the pot.
Add crushed tomatoes with juice, vegetable broth, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, remaining 1 teaspoon black pepper, rosemary, and thyme, and simmer for 5 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
Add lamb shanks to the pot, and pour in more water to cover lamb. Cover the pot, and bake for 2[1/2] hours, turning over shanks every 40 minutes, or until meat is very tender and almost falling off the bone.