Lamb Shanks

With Dates & Preserved Lemon

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Modern Mediterranean

By Melia Marden

Published 2013

  • About

I based this dish on a very hearty lunch I once had in Marseille. I was starving after hours of wandering around the bustling port town, scouring its many open-air markets and spice shops. I came across an old Tunisian café decorated with beautiful floor-to-ceiling blue and white tiles and bowls of bright red house-made harissa on each table. When my lamb shank arrived, I loved the drama and simplicity of being served a big piece of meat melting off the bone, as well as the sweet-and