Slow cooked Tomato Braised Lamb Shanks, with sweet potato mash and spinach

Slow cooked Tomato Braised Lamb Shanks

Serves: 2

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 180 mins

Ingredients:

4 Lamb shanks*

1 Large red onion

1 clove garlic

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 cup dry red wine

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup water

400g can diced tomatoes

2 tablespoons coarsely chopped rosemary

Ingredients - side dish:

2 large sweet potatoes

1 bunch english spinach

* Can cook up to 8 lamb shanks without needing to change the quantities of the remaining ingredients

What we are doing:

Brown onions --> add wine & reduce --> slow cook 3 hours

Step 1:

Preheat oven 200c / 180c fan forced

Soften onions in creuset pot on stove top,

add garlic,

add tomtato paste & wine

bring to boil

Step 2:

Take off boil

Add in lamb shanks

add in water, chicken stock, canned tomatoes, rosemary,

place in oven

Step 3:

Leave to cook 3 hours, turn meat every half hour

Step 4:

Serve - suggest mashed sweet potato & spinach