A Lamb Shanks Recipe with Cider and Beetroot from REal Recipes
Lamb Shanks Recipe – with Cider and Beetroot
This Lamb Shanks Recipe offers an unusual treatment of a classic dish slow cooked Lamb Shank. Lamb Shank is the part of the leg Just above the foot and it is extremely tasty and tender when cooked slowly. The rather strange combination off Lamb Cider and Beetroot works extremely well although I have to admit I would not have though of it myself!
If you like this Lamb Shank Recipe you may also like our Pot Roast Lamb Recipe from Real Recipes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 Hour 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
Servings: 4 servings)/span>
Serving size: 1 Lamb Shank
Calories per serving: 600
Fat per serving: 50g
Updated on 13th March 2012 By:
For this Lamb Shanks Recipe – with Cider and Beetroot - You will need:
INGREDIENTS ( serves 4 )
- 4 Lamb Shanks
- 600ml Dry Cider
- 300ml Lamb or Beef Stock
- 1 large onion cut into quarters
- 2 Carrots Thickly Sliced
- 2 sticks Celery chopped
- 16 freshly dug new Potatoes
- 1 Bouquet Garni
- some Freshly Ground Sea Salt and Black Pepper
- 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
- 1 medium Onion sliced
- 4 small beetroot peeled roasted and cut into chunks
- 2 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar
- 15gm butter
- 25gm plain flour
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 170C 325F Gas mark 3
- Add the Lamb Shanks to a large baking dish with the cider, stock, quartered onions, carrots, celery and Bouquet Garni
- Roast in the oven for 90 minutes
- Add the potatoes
- Remove the Lamb and Vegetables and keep warm
- Remove and throw away the Bouquet Garni
- Transfer all the cooking juices to a fresh pan
- Bring to the boil and reduce a little
- Combine the butter and flour to make a paste
- Add this to the sauce and cook until the sauce thickens
- Remove from the heat and reserve
- Add the Olive oil to a small saucepan
- Add the Onions and cook until soft
- Add the Beetroot and fry for two minutes more
- Add the Sugar and cook to glaze the onions and beetroot
- Serve by dividing the vegetable mix between four plates placing a pile of vegetables and potatoes in the centre of each place
- Place a Lamb Shank on the top of each pile of vegetables
- Sprinkle some glazed Beetroot and Onion over the top and around of each Lamb Shank
This Lamb Shanks Recipe is a complete meal in itself but if you leave the potatoes out it would be perfect with Grain Mustard Mash