Name: Easy slow cooked lamb shanks with red wine sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 510 min
Total time: 520 min
Yield: 4-6
Ingredients: 6 lamb shanks; 410g canned tomatoes with tomato paste; 250ml red wine; 250ml chicken stock; ½ cup caramelised onion relish, plus extra to serve; 2 bunches Dutch carrots, trimmed

Easy slow cooked lamb shanks with red wine sauce

Let the slow cooker do the work for you.

Serves 4-6

Prep

10M

Cook

8H 30M

Total

8H 40M

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Lamb shanks are made for slow cooking. No other recipe heralds the start of winter like melt-in-your-mouth lamb braised in a red wine sauce served upon a cloud of mashed potato.

It might look like a sophisticated meal, but slow cooking lamb shanks is actually very easy – all it takes is to let the slow cooker do the work for you.

Ingredients

6 lamb shanks

410g canned tomatoes with tomato paste

250ml red wine

250ml chicken stock

½ cup caramelised onion relish, plus extra to serve

2 bunches Dutch carrots, trimmed

Method

Put all ingredients except carrots in the bowl of a 5.7L slow cooker.

Stir to roughly mix together then place bowl in appliance.

Cover with lid and cook on low setting for 8 hours.

Remove lid and add carrots. Cover with lid and cook on high for a further 30 minutes.

Remove bowl from appliance, remove lid and season to taste. Serve with extra tomato chutney and your side dish of choice, whether it be mashed potato, potato bake, steamed beans or the best ever green vegetable bake.

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