Recipe: Lemon and Cinnamon Lamb Shanks
Sarah Wilson of I Quit Sugar fame shares her scrumptious Lemon and Cinnamon Lamb Shanks (with a Lemony Gremolata) with Over60. If you're after a warming meal to keep you cosy on a winter’s night, this dish is just the ticket!
Serves: 6-8
Cooking time: 8 hours on low and 4 hours on high
Cooking lamb shanks slowly allows you to extract the most meat possible from the bone. Use any leftover lamb in this dish to make two more delicious meals.
Ingredients
Lemon and Cinnamon Lamb Shanks
- 4-6 lamb shanks (approximately 1.5kg)
- 1 large brown onion, chopped finely
- 2 large carrots, chopped into 2 cm chunks
- 3 stalks celery, chopped into 2 cm chunks (reserve the leaves, chopped)
- 600g baby new potatoes, halved
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cup Chicken Stock (or store-bought chicken stock)
- dash of apple cider vinegar
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Lemony Gremolata
- 3/4 bunch fresh flat leaf parsley, very finely chopped
- 6-8 cloves garlic, very finely chopped
- grated zest and juice of 2 lemons, or 2 tablespoons chopped preserved lemon
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Method:
In The Morning
- Place onion, carrot, celery and potatoes in the slow cooker. Arrange the shanks on top then add the remaining ingredients (except the celery leaves and broccolini) over the lot. Stir a little (no need to mix completely). Put on the lid then cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high.
Before Serving
- In the final 20 minutes, add the celery leaves. Make the Lemony Gremolata by combining all ingredients in a jar and shaking vigorously.
- Once you’re ready to serve, remove the shanks and pull the meat from the bones. Serve with the Lemony Gremolata.
Tricky Tip:
For a seriously lemony kick add 1 tablespoon of finely chopped preserved lemon when you put all of the ingredients into the slow cooker with the shanks.
Suggested Sides:
- One serve steamed greens per person (broccolini works well)
- Sweet Potato Mash
This recipe has been provided by I Quit Sugar from their latest I Quit Sugar Slow Cooker Cookbook.