Lamb shank and tomato ragu
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lamb shanks | |
| 4 | Sprigs parsley | |
| 4 | Sprigs rosemary | |
| 8 | smalls | Cloves garlic; peeled |
| 2 | tablespoons | Extra virgin olive oil |
| 250 | millilitres | Red wine |
| 2 | tablespoons | Grated carrot |
| 1 | Leek; finely sliced | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Finely chopped celery |
| 1 | kilograms | Ripe tomatoes; (or equivalent |
| ; canned tomatoes) | ||
| 500 | grams | Pasta of your choice |
Directions
Fold over each lamb shank and tie up with butcher's or other food safe string.
Insert a sprig of parsley and rosemary, and a couple of cloves of garlic into each crack.
Brown in olive oil on both sides.
Reduce heat, remove shanks and deglaze pan with splash of red wine.
Add carrot, celery and leek and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
Cut flesh from tomatoes, slice and put in with other vegetables. Strain the remaining tomato centres through sieve into pan.
Put shanks into the sauce, cover tightly and simmer gently for about 5 hours.
Cook pasta in lots of boiling water.
Remove meat from shank bones, discard herbs and string.
Put lamb meat on pasta and smother with rich tomato sauce.
Leftover potential: Keeps two or three days in the refrigerator.
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 209 Calories (kcal); 9g Total Fat; (40% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 23g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 105mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 4 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1½ Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.