Lamb Shanks with Port and Apricots Recipe
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Ingredients: 4 meaty lamb shanks
½ cup port
1 litre chicken stock
6-8 dried apricots (depending on your taste)
3 carrots cut into 3 inch chunks
½ cup mirepoix (mirepoix is a diced or processed mixture of equal amounts or carrot, celery and onion). For this recipe, I like to use pureed mirepoix.
½ lb of orzo (rice shaped pasta)
3 cloves minced garlic
2 bay leaves
½ tsp. dried thyme
½ tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried rosemary
Salt and pepper
2 T of canola oil
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Directions: Heavily salt and pepper the shanks.
Brown them in the oil using a heavy dutch oven using medium/high heat. If necessary, brown them in batches so you dont crowd the pan. They should be well browned on all sides.
Remove the shanks from the pan and reduce the heat to medium. Add the mirepoix. If necessary, you can add a bit more oil.
Cook the mirepoix until softened and translucent. This will take about 5 minutes. In the last minute, add the garlic. Dont burn the garlic.
Add the port to deglaze the pan. Scrape up any brown bits on the bottom.
Add the chicken stock and all of the dried herbs.
Add the dried apricots and the chunks of carrot.
Add the shanks back in the pan. They should almost be covered by the liquid.
Cover the pot with a tight lid and place in a 250 degree oven. Cook for 4 hours or until the meat is very tender.
Remove the shanks from the pan and cover with tinfoil. Remove the bay leaves. Reduce the cooking liquid about half or until a very rich flavor is created. Season as needed with salt and pepper. At this point, you can serve it as is or use a beurre manie to thicken the sauce to the desired consistency (beurre manie is an equal mixture of soft butter and flour blended together. I usually use 1 T of each. You can whisk this into sauces to thicken them without lumps).
Cook the Orzo pasta until al dente and serve on the plate. Place One shank on top of the Orzo and spoon over the sauce with the apricots and carrots.
Serve with green vegetables. |
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Notes: This is a very satisfying and hearty meal. Its actually quite easy to do and doesn't take a lot of time as most of the time is in the slow cooking.
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