Date Night Lamb Shanks
Date Night Lamb Shanks

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, date night lamb shanks. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lamb Shanks, I have to say that Patti out did herself with this one. All I did was put the things she gave on the grill. She seared the lamb in a cast iron Dutch oven and then made a sauce to cook them in.

Date Night Lamb Shanks is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Date Night Lamb Shanks is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook date night lamb shanks using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Date Night Lamb Shanks:
  1. Take 2-4 lamb shanks (Make sure your Dutch oven or heavy pot will hold that many)
  2. Get 1 salt and pepper
  3. Make ready 1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  4. Get 1 large onion (red, yellow, white… whichever you prefer)
  5. Take 10-12 garlic cloves whole (don't chop smaller than 1/2 if prefered. They cook up sweet)
  6. Get 1 Fresh rosemary chopped (about a palm full or two tbls)
  7. Make ready 1 can articokes (12 in a can)… I'll slice in half as well
  8. Get 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata Olives halved
  9. Prepare 1 cup basic tomato sauce see my other recipe
  10. Get 1 cup Favored dry white wine (I like pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc)
  11. Make ready 1 cup chicken stock

Place the lamb shanks on top of the garlic. Drizzle some olive oil over them. Season with salt and black pepper on both Sprinkle both sides of the lamb shanks with the spices. Lamb Shank Tagine with Sweet Dates & Pomegranate.

Instructions to make Date Night Lamb Shanks:
  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF
  2. Rinse/Pat dry lamb shanks and season liberally with salt and pepper. Using your large heavy bottom pan (Dutch oven/Cast iron pot) drizzle olive oil to coat bottom well (5-6 tbsp) over stove top at med heat. Sear shanks on all sides then remove from pot (set aside).
  3. To same pot add onion, garlic, artichokes, and rosemary and cook until onions become translucent/soft. Then add olives, wine, sauce, stock and bring to a boil.
  4. Add the lamb back to the pot and submerge into the liquid atleast 3/4 in thickest part of shank submerged (add more stock/wine/sauce in equal parts if necessary). Cover tightly with lid and place into oven.
  5. Cook for 1 hr 45 min to 2 hrs turning shanks once half way through cooking time. I find 2 hrs is best. The meat falls off the bone. :)
  6. Remove from oven and serve! I plate some mashed potatoes or rice and sit the shank right on top and spoon all the goodness it cooked in on top!

Adapted from a recipe by David Tanis, these slow-cooked lamb shanks are beautifully spiced and spoon-tender. Dates give some body and sweetness to the sauce while fresh pomegranate pips add lift. The lamb shank is one of the most traditional cuts of meat on the market and has a variety of preparation methods. Lamb shank meat is extremely tough and full of connective tissue. But it can be the source of very flavorful and succulent dishes if braised or slow-cooked in a crockpot.

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