Ingredients:Â
2 x 14oz/400g Lamb Leg shanks
2-3 tbsp good olive oil
2 red onions peeled, halved and thickly sliced
2 potatoes, peeled and quartered
4-5 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole
4-5 sprigs of rosemary
2 tbsp of sundried tomato puree
400g chopped tomatoes
6 fl oz white wine120g large black olives
Method:
- Heat the oil in a saucepan or ovenproof dish.
- Once the oil is hot add the shanks and cook on all sides for approximately 10 minutes, remove from the dish.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC/Gas 4/160ºC fan oven.
- Fry the onions, potatoes and garlic in the meat juices and add the rosemary .
- Add the tomato puree, tomatoes and white wine, season and bring to a simmer.
- Add the lamb shanks in the centre of the liquid, cover and place in the oven for 80-90 minutes or until the meat is tender.
- Add the olives for the last 20 minutes of the cooking