Slow Cooked Lamb With Onions Thyme Food

SLOW-COOKED LAMB SHOULDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 130C/275F/Gas 1.
• In a bowl combine the onions, potatoes and thyme. Season with salt and pepper.
• Layer the potatoes and onions in a roasting tin and place the lamb on top skin-side up.
• Cut small incisions in the lamb using a small knife and stick the whole garlic cloves in the holes, pushing them into the meat to prevent them burning while the meat cooks.
• Pour the chicken stock over and place in the oven for 4-5 hours, or until the potatoes are crisp on top and soft inside.
• When cooked, remove the lamb from the oven, cover with aluminium foil and set aside to rest for 20 minutes.
• Serve with French beans (or any green vegetable of your choice).

SLOW COOKED LAMB WITH ONIONS AND THYME

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius
• Season meat well and fry in a 3 Tbsp olive oil over a high heat in a dutch oven about 8 minutes, turning until evenly browned.
• Remove to a plate.
• Thinly slice the onions and fry in dutch oven about 10 minutes until softened and browned, but not burnt.
• Add thyme sprigs.
• Return lamb to dutch oven and add wine.
• cover tightly and bake 3 hours.

SLOW ROASTED LAMB SHANK WITH CARAMELISED ONION

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan and add lamb cook until browned all over. In a large baking dish pour a little oil and heat over medium heat add crushed garlic cook for about a min stirring constantly so garlic doesn't burn. Stir wine, sugar and stock bring to boil place lamb shanks bake in dish. for the cooking you can either heat the oven to slow 130-150 and cook for 4-41/2 hours turning meat twice during cooking, or you can cook over slow heat on the stove for the same time also turning during cooking.
• Approx 1hr into cooking add rosemary,thyme and tomato paste.
• Melt butter in a pan and cook onion and celery until soft. Boil or microwave chopped carrots until tender. set both of these aside to add at the end.
• Once lamb is cooked remove and wrap in foil to keep warm, strain liquid to discard herbs,fat and any bits that have come off lamb. Return to pan and heat over stove. Mix cornflour with water to form a paste and add to liquid stir constantly until mixture starts to thicken and to finish it off just add a few gravy granules for extra flavour and to also thicken some more. Place lamb shanks in serving dish with carrot and celery,onion mix and pour sauce over the top.
• Melt butter in pan and add onion stirring until onion is soft about 10-15 minutes Add sugar and vinegar and stir until mixture has caramelised about another 10-15 minute Place in serving bowl and put on table to be spooned over lamb shank.
• Can serve lamb with creamy soft polenta or mash potato.
• Bon Appètit.