Lambshanks With Winter Veg Recipes

Steps:

• Season lamb shanks with salt and pepper.
• Coat lamb with flour and shake off excess; reserve remaining flour.
• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add lamb to pot in batches and brown well; transfer with tongs to a bowl.
• Reduce heat to medium and add the onions to the pot.
• Sauté the onions until translucent,scraping up any browned bits of lamb, about 5 minutes.
• Add reserved flour and cook, stirring for about 1 minute.
• Return lamb shanks and any accumulated juices to the pot.
• Add beef broth and the Guinness; cover and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until meat is almost tender, about 1 hour.
• Add carrots, parsnips and rutabagas to pot and simmer, uncovered, until meat and vegetables are tender and stew thickens slightly, about 40 minutes.
• Spoon fat from surface of stew and serve.
• This can be prepared one day ahead.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Skim off any congealed fat from the surface and rewarm over low heat before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Sprinkle lamb on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large pot over high heat. Add lamb; cook until brown, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes. Transfer to plate. Add 1 tablespoon butter to drippings in pot. Add onion, carrots, parsnips, thyme and garlic. Sauté until vegetables soften and begin to brown, about 8 minutes. Add wine; boil until reduced almost to glaze, about 4 minutes. Return lamb to pot, arranging in single layer. Add stock, orange, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; bring to boil. Place pot in oven. Braise lamb uncovered until tender, turning and basting often, about 2 hours 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rub cut sides of squash with 1 tablespoon butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange squash, skin side down, on baking sheet. Roast on sheet alongside lamb until tender, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Scrape squash from skins into bowl; add nutmeg and 2 tablespoons butter. Mash with fork until almost smooth; season with salt and pepper. Transfer lamb to plate. Strain braising liquid into bowl; spoon off fat, if desired. Return liquid to pot. Add fresh fennel, orange peel and 1 teaspoon fennel seeds. Simmer until fennel is tender and sauce is thick enough to coat spoon, about 15 minutes. Return lamb to sauce.
• Rewarm lamb shanks, covered, over medium-low heat, about 15 minutes. Rewarm squash in saucepan over low heat, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
• Chard and final preparation:
• While lamb and squash heat, cut out center stem from chard leaves; discard stems. Coarsely tear leaves. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add chard and toss until chard wilts, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide squash and chard among 4 plates. Arrange lamb atop vegetables; spoon sauce with fennel over.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stock pot/saucepan.
• Brown shanks well all over.
• Transfer to a plate.
• Add onions and garlic to pan.
• Saute until onions are tender.
• Stir in carrots, potatoes, turnip and pasrnip.
• Cook for 1 minute.
• Blend in remaining ingredients.
• Return shanks to pot.
• Bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat.
• Simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until barley is tender and lamb falls off the bone (add more liquid as required).
• Transfer shanks to a dish.
• Remove meat and chop roughly.
• Add meat to soup.
• Heat gently.
• Serve with bread.