Frances Bissell

Slow-Cooked Lamb Shanks

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Modern Classics
Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

  • About

The shoulder shanks are smaller than the leg shanks, and less expensive. Generally, as they are not that easy to come by, I take what I can get. With leg shanks, an accompanying potato dish is sufficient, or some green salad. With shoulder shanks, you might like to serve another vegetable.

Ingredients

  • 4 lamb shanks
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon

Method

Remove any excess fat from the shanks, and rub them all over with the pepper, salt, herbs and cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Heat the oil in a heavy casserole, brown the lamb all over, sift on the flour, and mix it with the oil. Pour on the wine, bring to the boil, cover, and then cook on the lowest heat or in a low oven until the lamb is tender and begins to fall away from