Braised Lamb Shanks With Celery

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 stalks celery
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 medium carrots, thickly sliced (about 240g)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra
• 6 lamb shanks
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 cups beef stock
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme

Recipe

• 1 cut the celery into 4cm lengths.
• 2 heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and add the celery, onion, garlic and carrots and cook stirring until the onions are soft; remove the veggies from the pan.
• 3 heat the other tablespoon of oil and add the lamb shanks and brown them well all over.
• 4 stir in the wine, paste, stock and thyme and simmer covered for 1 hour.
• 5 return the veggies to the pan and simmer covered for about 30 minutes until the shanks are really tender.