Lamb shanks
Lamb shanks is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the lamb category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 4 small fresh milk lamb shanks (well hung)
- Salt
- oregano
- 1 onion (coarsely chopped)
- 1 large carrot (peeled and diced)
- oil (for pouring)
- 0.25 l lamb jus (glass)
- pinch of cinnamon powder
- juice (from 2 oranges, untreated)
- zest (from 2 oranges, untreated)
- flour (for dusting)
- packet puff pastry (frozen)
Instructions
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1.
Place the lamb shanks with salt, oregano, onion and carrot cubes in a casserole dish, pour some oil over them and roast slowly in a preheated oven at 130°C for 1 to 1½ hours, periodically spooning lamb jus over the meat.
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2.
Just before serving, season the roasting juices with cinnamon, orange juice and a few orange zests, then dust lightly with flour to thicken the sauce to the desired consistency.
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3.
Thaw the puff pastry sheets side by side, cut squares or carve festive shapes. Place the pastry pieces on a parchment-lined tray and bake in the preheated oven according to package instructions until golden yellow. The squares form small packets that can be tied with orange zest ribbons.
