If you are a lamb shank fan this will really get your mouth watering. It falls off the bone and the flavour is spectacular. Definately not a fat burner! Greek style lamb shanks are the tastiest way to serve and expensive cut of lamb, the lamb is soft and falls off the bone. I have tried a number of lamb shank recipes but this is my favorite. (4 people)
What you need
4 lamb shanks – approx 1.5-2kg bone in
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon flour
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 tin chopped peeled tomatoes
3 celery sticks chopped
4 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/3 cup chicken stock/ red wine
1/2 teaspoon salt
a generous pinch of fresh oregano
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon dry rosemary
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
chopped parsley a generous pinch
The process
Salt and pepper the shanks, in a large pot brown the shanks in oil on all sides, then remove and set aside.
Soften the garlic and onions on a medium heat, add the meat and then add all the other ingredients, stir and simmer for 10-15 minutes until liquid has reduced by 1/2.
Pour everything into a roasting pan or large casserole dish and cook in a 140 celsius oven for three to four hours , turning the shanks every hour. I like to cover the shanks for the first hour with foil and then the last 30 minutes again.
Serve individual shanks with a generous scoop of the vegetables from the pan.
This is good stuff folks, serve with mashed potato or polenta. Try the Lamb Souvlaki recipe if you are a Greek food fan.
Hi Graham,
How much should I expect to pay for a lamb shank at my local butchery?
Hi Jason, Lamb shanks are fairly pricy but should come in at about R79/kg. It’s well worth it though!
Hi Graham,
Love the recipes form the newsletter, I will try this one as I love lamb/mutton. Keep the good recipes rolling in.
Zelda
Great Zelda, you will love it. I cook and love that you enjoy the recipes.
I’ve just subscribed and hoping to enjoy your site.I love lamb shanks and will definitely try this recipe.Thanks a million!!
Welcome Lungas, Enjoy your day off. G
Our local Shoprite butchery had a special on mutton packs (cut up) at R38 a kilo. I asked him to give me some whole shanks, and he agreed. Although it was mutton, it came out wonderfully. Each shank weighed about 500g each, making it a reasonably priced meal at about R20-00 per person for the meat. Not bad considering the cost of other meat cuts nowadays.
Great butcher you have there… which Shoprite is it, that’s very reasonable. i have never done it Mutton but will definitly give it a try, thanks for stopping in.
I do have a few potjie recipes, not yet posted but will get there…
Graham you need an accolade for this. I vote this recipe 10/10. Even the dogs enjoyed the bones and guests asked for more. This is also very economical as one shank sets you back R115.00 at a top Durban hotel.
Thanks so much Barbara, Happy contented people and animals, I love it! It is getting crazy to eat out these days, I remember way back when I got divorced and needed to feed 4 kids! Restaurants were great but crippling and that is when this journey began! Thanks again
After I got divorced I made “mystery balls” everything went into these needless to say I was rather sceptical in making the spaghetti and meatballs but another accolade for you they went down so well. In fact I pass the recipes on to one of my male colleagues who has to hurry home and feed 4 scavengers.
Haha, I like the sound of the mystery balls, to begin with it was all a bit of a mystery and spaghetti meatballs was a desperate attempt to get away from bolognese… Thanks again Barbara.
A tin of chopped and peeled tomatoes? Would that be the small tin or the 410g tin? I don’t want to wreck this recipe! Thanks.
Thats a 410g tin, thanks for pointing it out, recipe updated. Enjoy it.
I was wondering if you could set up some sort of system so when your publish a new article, i get emailed to alert me?
Hey there, I have been trying to set it up[, but something has gone wrong so the newsletter is as good as it gets right now. Sorry for that but will work on it. G
YUM YUM YUM !!!
After cooking this is I was in my girlfriend’s good books for weeks !!!!
Hey Dazza, glad it worked for you…. Now that I think about it, this is probably the reason I started cooking. happy Easter
I only had lamb potjie pieces and used them. Was this fantastic, my kids who must be the fussiest eaters on planet earth asked if I could pack the leftovers for school lunch.What a winner. Thank you.
Great to hear your family enjoyed, I will definatly try with the lamb pieces. Cheers G
Hi Sam, so glad you enjoyed, it is one of my all time favorites. Thanks for visiting