This delicious lamb dish is quick and easy to prepare and contains aromatic spices for the perfect comfort food throughout the winter months
Learn how to cook the perfect lamb shanks with our easy guide!
Ingredients
- 4 large lamb shanks
- 2tbsp olive oil
- 1tsp ground ginger
- ½tsp ground cumin
- ½tsp all spice
- ½tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 large red onion – finely diced
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 250ml chicken stock
- Salt - season to taste
- 2tbsp of chopped flat leaf parsley
WEIGHT CONVERTER
Method
- Preheat oven to 150ºC, gas mark 3
- Trim any excess fat off the lamb shanks
- Heat the olive oil in a large oven proof casserole pan and brown the lamb shanks.
- Take out and add the spices and onion to the same oil and fry for 3-4 mins.
- Put the lamb shanks back in the pan and add the tinned tomatoes, stock and enough water to cover.
- Season to taste
- Bring to the boil, cover and put in the oven for 2½ hours.
- Take the lamb shanks out of the pan and cover with foil to keep hot.
- Put the casserole pan on the hob and lightly boil the liquid until reduces slightly.
- Add back the lamb shanks to reheat.
- Add the chopped flat leaf parsley and serve.
Top Tip for making Lisa Faulkner's Moroccan lamb shanks
Serve with herby mashed potatoes for a hearty meal
-
Sausage casserole recipeThis easy sausage casserole recipe combines cannellini beans, plum tomatoes, and potatoes into one hearty dinner...
-
Sausage and bean stew
Our sausage and bean stew is a fail-safe family recipe. It's basically baked beans and sausages, but it's so good you'll never want to eat them out of a tin again.
-
Beans and sausage bake
This beans and sausage bake is packed with chunky potatoes, flageolet and kidney beans in a rich, tomato sauce. A perfect sausage supper.
-
Munchies skillet cookie
A gooey, delicious cookie baked in a skillet. A great dessert for sharing with loved ones...
-
Mozzarella and tomato ‘bruschetta’ salad
A filling salad that doesn't shy away from flavour. Perfect as a hearty lunch or light dinner...
-
Coq au vin pie
A warming pie packed with tender chunks of chicken, succulent bacon and a rich red wine gravy...
-
The Queen’s dinner table rule means this everyday essential isn’t ‘allowed’ for her royal relatives
The Queen reportedly prefers a more 'formal' approach to mealtimes and prioritises traditional etiquette with her nearest and nearest...
-
Royal Family's Christmas dinner menu at Windsor Castle confuses fans
Royal fans have been left baffled by the Christmas dinner menu's unfamiliar language
-
The Queen's hilariously clever trick to get guests to dinner in a timely manner
Queen Elizabeth II's clever way she got guests to dinner promptly.
