Nats Kats' 'save my wine' lamb shanks

Nats Kats' 'save my wine' lamb shanks

The great sobering of 2020, when Cyril called a family meeting and banned alcohol with immediate effect.

Nats Kats' 'save my wine' lamb shanks

Ingredients

  • 15 ml Prego Sauce
  • 3 units Red onions, peeled
  • 2 units Carrots, sliced
  • 3 units Cloves garlic, crushed
  • 5 ml Olive oil
  • 2 ml Sea salt
  • 2 ml Ground pepper
  • 45 ml Diabetic marmalade
  • 15 ml Tomato sauce
  • 30 ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 200 ml Kilkenny, Guinness or smooth dark ale
Nats Kats' 'save my wine' lamb shanks

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 150°C. Finely chop the onions, slice the carrots and crush the garlic, put them into a really large casserole-type pan (roughly 26cm in diameter and 12cm deep), with a splash of olive oil and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Place on the stove and cook over a medium to high heat, stirring as you go, until everything starts to caramelize. Add the marmalade, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce and beer. Give it all a good stir, then leave to gently simmer.

2

Now it's time to brown the shanks. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Place a large frying pan on a medium to high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. You can cook them in batches if needed. Turn them every few minutes. Once the shanks are beautiful and brown, pour boiling water over the rosemary to release the flavours, then pick the leaves and chuck them into the pan to get crispy, but don't let them burn.

3

Use tongs to move the shanks into the casserole dish, then pour in all their juices and the crispy rosemary from the frying pan. Add the stock. Cover with tinfoil, put the lid on and place in the oven for 2 hours. Take the tinfoil and lid off and let the shanks caramelize, cook for another 1.5 hours.

4

When the lamb shanks are ready, carefully move them to a platter, making sure the meat stays intact. Cover with tinfoil to keep warm. Place the casserole dish on high heat and use a stick blender to blend the sauce a little bit. Then allow to reduce down and thicken. This will take about 10-15 minutes. Add a little splash of apple cider vinegar and a few more splashes of Worcestershire sauce to the sauce.

Serving Suggestions

To serve, place mash onto a large serving platter, put the shanks on top of the mash and ladle the sauce all over the lamb, pour the rest into a jug for people to help themselves. Serve with mint sauce.

Prego Sauce

Prego Sauce

A creamy Portuguese Prego sauce with vinegar, garlic, onion, spices, specially selected herbs and a dash of PERi-PERi (African Bird’s Eye Chilli).

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Nats Kats' 'save my wine' lamb shanks

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