Lamb Shanks
"Modified version of a recipe I found on the 'net that I thought turned out great. Apart from a few small changes to seasoning the original recipe called for a cup of wine rather than beer, sometimes I feel with tomato that makes things a bit rich when slow-cooked and I thought the beer substitution worked well. If you don't want to use beer try a cup of beef stock instead of the stock powder / beer. Also whole garlic cooked this way doesn't taste strong at all, if you want it to have a strong garlic taste you'd need to crush some of it."
Ingredients
- 1 kg lamb shank (4 medium shanks)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 medium brown onions, sliced
- 12 garlic cloves, peeled
- 200 g mushrooms, coarsely sliced
- 1 cup beer
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons beef stock powder
- 400 g crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf, broken into quarters
