Lamb Shank with Mash and Vegetables in a Red Wine Sauce

Method

• 1

  Step 1

  Place the lamb shanks into a roasting tray and add a little water.
• 2

  Step 2

  Season with salt and pepper and a good sprinkling of rosemary before covering with tin foil and baking at 180°C for 3 hours.
• 3

  Step 3

  Remove the lamb from the oven and pour off the remaining liquid (keeping it for later).
• 4

  Step 4

  Return the lamb to the oven for a further 30 minutes.
• 5

  Step 5

  Wash, peel and dice the vegetables and add to a pan with the garlic and red cooking wine and bring to a boil.
• 6

  Step 6

  Make 1 litre of stock with the vegetable bouillon and add to the vegetables.
• 7

  Step 7

  Bring back to the boil before reducing the heat and simmering until the vegetables are cooked.
• 8

  Step 8

  Add 2 tbsp of tomato paste and the lamb juices, thickening with the gravy granules if necessary.
• 9

  Step 9

  Serve on a bed of creamed potatoes.