Ingredients
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1 teaspoon salt
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4 lamb shanks (about 250g each)
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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1 onion, finely chopped
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2 stalks celery, trimmed and finely chopped
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4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
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400 g tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped
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200 ml dry red wine
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200 ml port wine
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1 liter beef stock
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1 carrot, finely chopped
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2 tablespoons cumin seeds
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3 tablespoons coriander seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C.
- Using a morter and pestle, roughly crush the cumin and coriander seeds until fragrant. Add salt and mix well.
- Sprinkle over the lamb shanks and press on to coat.
- In a large deep heavy based, oven proof dish, heat the oil over medium heat and brown the shanks well. Remove and set aside.
- Place the onion, carrot and celery in the same dish and saute over medium heat until soft. Add the garlic, tomatoes and stir.
- Pour in the wine and port, stir then add the beef stock. Bring to the boil then turn off the heat.
- Return the lamb to the pan, cover with aluminium foil and place in the oven for 3 hours or until the meat almost falls off the bone.
- Remove from the oven and lift out the shanks. Set aside and keep warm.
- Skim as much fat as you can off the surface of the cooking liquid and return to the stove top over medium heat to simmer and reduce to a slightly syrupy consistency.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or polenta.