Lamb Shanks With Potatoes Parsnips And Kalamata Olives Recipes

Steps:

• Combine potatoes, shallots, garlic, lemon zest, and rosemary in a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker; season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon flour and broth. Add to slow cooker.
• Place 3 tablespoons flour on a plate. Season lamb with salt and pepper, then coat in flour, shaking off excess. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. In batches, cook lamb until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes; transfer to slow cooker. Add wine to skillet and cook, scraping up browned bits with a wooden spoon, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Add to slow cooker, then cover and cook on high until lamb is tender, about 3 1/2 hours (7 hours on low). Stir in olives, cover, and cook 20 minutes.
• To serve, transfer lamb and vegetables to a platter. Skim fat from cooking liquid, then stir in lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve sauce with lamb and vegetables.

Steps:

• Season the lamb with seasoning salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add in the shanks and brown on both sides (this should take about 10-12 minutes).
• Transfer the browned shanks to a bowl.
• Add in the onion, celery, rosemany, oregano and 10-12 minutes or until the veggies are golden.
• Add in the garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Add in the tomatoes with juice, water, broth and wine and return the lamb back to the pot (pressing the lamb into the juices with a fork or spoon) bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 2 hours or until the lamb are Just tender.
• Add in the potatoes, carrots, olives and parsnips and simmer for another 30 minutes, or until tender.
• After the 30 minutes of cooking season with salt and pepper.
• Using a slotted spoon remove the lamb and veggies to a large platter.
• Boil the juices for about another 5 minutes or until thickened, season again with black pepper.
• Spoon the sauce over the lamb and veggies.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Layer up half the potato, tomato and aubergine in a baking dish, scattering with garlic, oregano and olives, and drizzling with oil and seasoning as you go.
• Scatter over the feta, then repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used up. Finish with potatoes and a little oil.
• Bake for 50 mins or until the veg are tender (cover with foil if they're getting too brown). Top with the lamb steaks, rubbing with a little more oil and seasoning. Bake for 15-20 mins more until the lamb is cooked. Allow to rest and cool a bit before scattering with oregano and serving with crusty bread.