Red wine and minty lamb shanks
Tender and slow cooked to perfection
4
Serves
15 mins
Prep Time
8 hrs
Cook Time
Recipe author
Pippa Hawkins
These lamb shanks are slowly cooked in a delicious sauce until they fall apart. Red wine paired with whole grain mustard, fresh mint and honey combine to create a sauce with a wonderful depth of flavour. We also added baby carrots to the slow cooker which caramelised beautifully in the sauce. Serve shanks on a kumara and potato mash and enjoy.
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Ingredients
Lamb
4 Quality Mark lamb shanks
2 Tbsp olive oil
½ tsp salt and pepper
2 medium onions
finely chopped
4 garlic cloves
crushed
1 cup red wine
2 cups beef stock
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2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp whole grain mustard
2 Tbsp honey
⅓ cup mint leaves
roughly chopped
500g baby carrots
washed and green parts removed
To Serve
mint leaves
to garnish
potato
mash
kumara
mash
seasonal greens
Method
To Slow Cook
To Make Sauce
To Serve
Oven Method
1
Turn your slow cooker to low.
2
Heat a frying pan to moderate-high heat on the stove-top and add half the olive oil.
3
Season the lamb with salt and pepper and brown, turning often to brown all sides.
4
Set lamb aside.
5
Add remaining measure of oil to the fry pan and add the onions and garlic, stirring for about 15 seconds, or until fragrant.
6
Immediately add the wine, and boil for 1 minute.
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7
Add the beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, honey and half the chopped mint and bring to a gentle simmer then remove from the heat.
8
Transfer lamb to the slow cooker and pour the sauce over it.
9
Cover with the lid and cook on low for 8 hours or high for approx 4 hours, or until the meat tender and easily pulled from the bone.
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10
Approx 2 hours before the end of cooking add the baby carrots and stir through the sauce.
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Nutrition Information per Serving (623g)
This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves and does not include the potato/kumara or seasonal greens.
Energy
2171kJ (519 kcal)
Protein
53.3g
Total Fat
19.9g
Saturated Fat
4.8g
Carbs
17.0g
Dietary Fibre
5.6g
Sodium
944mg
Iron
4.6mg
Zinc
9.8mg
Vitamin B12
3.0µg
