Lamb Necks Braised In Wine With Peppers Food

LAMB NECKS BRAISED IN WINE WITH PEPPERS

Steps:

• Place lamb in a heavy sealable plastic bag. Combine wine, 1 tablespoon oil, 2 tablespoons vinegar, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl and add to bag. Seal and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. (Lamb can be marinated in a bowl, but more wine might be needed.) Remove lamb from marinade. Strain marinade, separately reserving the garlic and rosemary, and the marinade.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a heavy casserole large enough to hold lamb. Add onion, sauté on low until softened, and stir in Aleppo pepper, cumin and cinnamon. Add garlic and rosemary leaves (no stems) from the marinade. Add 1 1/2 cups of the marinade and boil down until nearly evaporated.
• Heat oven to 300 degrees. Place lamb in casserole. Add remaining marinade. Cover and cook 2 hours, until tender. Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a skillet. Add pepper strips and cook, stirring, on high heat until soft and lightly seared. Lower heat, stir in remaining 2 tablespoons vinegar and the honey. Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat and set aside.
• When lamb is tender, transfer it to a serving platter. Heat sauce on top of stove, stir in tomato paste and season as needed with salt and pepper. Spoon around meat, scatter pepper strips on top and scatter on parsley.

LAMB BRAISED IN WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F
• Melt the butter in a frying pan and add a dash of olive oil. Put the garlic and rosemary (or thyme) in the pan and fry for a few minutes on a low heat to flavour the oil and butter. Using a slotted spoon, remove the herbs and garlic and set aside.
• Season the lamb steaks with salt and pepper. Fry the lamb to brown it on both sides. Add the halves of garlic and allow them to colour slightly in the pan. Transfer everything to a roasting tin, along with the reserved herbs and sliced garlic.
• Heat the wine in a small saucepan and then pour it over the lamb. Cover the tin with foil and place in the oven to cook for 45 minutes - 1 hour, or until the meat is meltingly tender.
• Once cooked, remove the meat, cover and keep warm. Set the garlic halves aside too. If the liquid doesn't look thick enough for a sauce, strain the wine and cooking juices into a saucepan, squeezing the juices from the rosemary and garlic skins.
• Simmer the juices until thickened. To thicken the sauce even more, you can mix together equal quantities of flour and butter in a small bowl. Whisk this mixture into the sauce and cook until the taste of flour is removed. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve the lamb with the baked garlic, mashed potatoes and the sauce poured over.

BRAISED LAMB SHANKS WITH PEPPERS AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven 300 degrees.
• Sprinkle shanks with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
• Place shanks in oven-proof pot just large enough to hold them.
• Add 12 unpeeled garlic cloves, bay leaves, and thyme sprigs.
• On stove top, cook over moderate heat until browned.
• (15 minutes).
• Cover and put in the ovent for 2 hours or til very tender.
• Turn every 20 minutes.
• Remove the pot from oven and let stand covered for 20 minutes.
• Remove the shanks and set aside.
• Add chicken broth to pot and boil over high heat, scraping brown bits from bottom of the pot.
• Boil until reduced to 2 cups.
• Skim frequently.
• (about 10 minutes).
• Strain stock and return to pot.
• Add peeled garlic cloves and simmer til tender.
• (20 minutes).
• Return lamb to casserole.
• Add peppers and thyme leaves.
• Cover and cook til peppers are tender.
• (10 minutes).
• Transfer shanks to serving plates.
• Stir butter into the saunde and season with remaining salt and pepper.
• Spoon sauce around shanks.