Lamb Shanks with Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Slow cooked lamb shanks, rich red wine sauce and creamy mash make a proper cold-weather dinner. Our French cut lamb shanks cook gently with vegetables and rosemary until the meat is tender and starting to fall off the bone.

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Recipe Information

Serves: 2–3
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 3 hours
Total time: 3 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 French cut lamb shanks
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 cup red wine
• 2 cups beef stock
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 1 kg potatoes, peeled
• 100 g butter
• ½ cup cream
• Salt, for the potato cooking water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C.
2. Place the onion, carrots and garlic in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven. Add the red wine, beef stock and tomato paste, then stir until combined.
3. Nestle the lamb shanks into the vegetables and liquid. Add the rosemary sprigs, cover with a lid and transfer to the oven.
4. Cook for around 3 hours, turning the shanks once during cooking, until the lamb is very tender and starting to fall off the bone.
5. Towards the end of the lamb’s cooking time, place the potatoes in a pot of salted water. Bring to the boil and cook until soft and easily pierced with a fork.
6. Drain the potatoes well and return them to the pot. Mash until smooth, then mix in the butter and cream.
7. Spoon the mash onto plates, add the lamb shanks and finish with the cooking sauce and vegetables.

Butcher’s Tip

Keep the temperature low and the pot covered. If the meat is still holding tightly to the bone after the suggested cooking time, give it longer until tender.

How to Serve

Spoon plenty of the sauce and vegetables over the mash. This recipe makes 2–3 servings using three lamb shanks.

Why Lamb Shanks Need Time

Lamb shanks come from the lower part of the leg, a muscle that does plenty of work. Slow cooking gives the connective tissue time to soften. Read our butcher’s guide to lamb cuts for more on choosing the right cut and cooking method.

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