Best Braised Lamb Shanks in White Wine
Shanks of lamb are flavored with sage, garlic and white wine for a more delicate take on the classic braised lamb shank recipe. This would be amazing served with mashed potatoes and green beans.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours 30 mins
- Total Time: 2 hours 50 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish
Ingredients
6 fresh rosemary sprigs
3½ oz (100g) cold butter
2 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked
Salt and black pepper, to taste
15 fresh sage leaves
12 unpeeled garlic cloves
4 big lamb shanks
Olive oil, as needed
1 cup (250ml) white wine
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Pick the leaves off the rosemary sprigs.
- Puree them with the butter, the thyme, some salt and black pepper, and most of the sage in a food processor.
- Cut between the meat and bone of a lamb shank, from the base upwards, to make a pocket-like hole.
- Repeat with the other 3 lamb shanks.
- Stuff ¼ of the butter mixture into each one.
- Divide the garlic between 4 large pieces of foil.
- Rub the lamb shanks with oil and add some salt and black pepper.
- Put one on each square of foil.
- Add the rosemary sprigs and sage leaves.
- Pull up the sides of the foil and pour the wine on top.
- Pinch the foil closed tightly.
- Snip off any excess with scissors.
- Put the lamb shank parcels on a baking tray, bones pointing upwards.
- Cook for 2½ hours or until the lamb is very tender and beginning to come off the bone.
- If you want, you can give it a few minutes under the grill (broiler) to crisp up the skin.
- Let them rest in foil for 10 minutes then serve.
Notes
So why not serve this tasty shank of lamb with your favorite vegetables? That would really do it justice. Might I suggest some kale mashed potatoes and perhaps baby carrots and radishes? If you prefer something traditional, how about garden peas and some boiled potatoes. Whatever you choose to serve, you will not regret making this fantastic dish. The lamb shanks are filled with a herb butter mixture and roasted with garlic and white wine.
Lamb shanks are oh so simple to cook because you can clearly identify when they are perfectly cooked. As any professional meat chef will tell you, that is when the meat is literally falling off the bone.