How to Prepare Ultimate Date Night Lamb Shanks

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, date night lamb shanks. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Lamb Shanks, I have to say that Patti out did herself with this one. All I did was put the things she gave on the grill. She seared the lamb in a cast iron Dutch oven and then made a sauce to cook them in. Patti and I have set one night a week just for us.

Date Night Lamb Shanks is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Date Night Lamb Shanks is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have date night lamb shanks using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Date Night Lamb Shanks:

1. Make ready 2-4 lamb shanks (Make sure your Dutch oven or heavy pot will hold that many)
2. Make ready 1 salt and pepper
3. Get 1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4. Get 1 large onion (red, yellow, white… whichever you prefer)
5. Prepare 10-12 garlic cloves whole (don't chop smaller than 1/2 if prefered. They cook up sweet)
6. Make ready 1 Fresh rosemary chopped (about a palm full or two tbls)
7. Get 1 can articokes (12 in a can)… I'll slice in half as well
8. Get 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata Olives halved
9. Make ready 1 cup basic tomato sauce see my other recipe
10. Get 1 cup Favored dry white wine (I like pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc)
11. Get 1 cup chicken stock

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Steps to make Date Night Lamb Shanks:

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF
2. Rinse/Pat dry lamb shanks and season liberally with salt and pepper. Using your large heavy bottom pan (Dutch oven/Cast iron pot) drizzle olive oil to coat bottom well (5-6 tbsp) over stove top at med heat. Sear shanks on all sides then remove from pot (set aside).
3. To same pot add onion, garlic, artichokes, and rosemary and cook until onions become translucent/soft. Then add olives, wine, sauce, stock and bring to a boil.
4. Add the lamb back to the pot and submerge into the liquid atleast 3/4 in thickest part of shank submerged (add more stock/wine/sauce in equal parts if necessary). Cover tightly with lid and place into oven.
5. Cook for 1 hr 45 min to 2 hrs turning shanks once half way through cooking time. I find 2 hrs is best. The meat falls off the bone. :)
6. Remove from oven and serve! I plate some mashed potatoes or rice and sit the shank right on top and spoon all the goodness it cooked in on top!

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