HOW TO PREPARE NZ LAMB SHANKS WITH SWEET POTATOES?

Product(s):

NZ PREMIUM GRASSFED LAMB HIND SHANKS (3 SHANKS PER PACK)

Preparation Time: 20 mins / Cook Time: 180 mins / Serving: 3

Ingredients:

1 x NZ PREMIUM GRASSFED LAMB HIND SHANKS (3 SHANKS PER PACK)
2 tbsp groundnut oil
2 onions, halved and cut into half moons
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh root ginger
3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
2 red chillies, both deseeded, one chopped and one thinly sliced
1 tbsp soft brown sugar, plus 1 tsp
3 star anise
2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves removed, then bruised
1.2l lamb stock
1 ½ tbsp tomato purée
4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
2 tbsp fish sauce
juice 2 limes
big handful mint leaves, torn
handful basil leaves

Method:

1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a heavy-bottomed casserole, season the shanks, then brown them 2 at a time on all sides, adding the remaining oil for the second batch. Remove the lamb & add the onions. Fry them quite briskly, about 30 secs, add the ginger, garlic & chopped chilli, then turn the heat down & cook for 1 min. Add 1 tbsp sugar, stir, then add the star anise, lemongrass, stock, purée & seasoning. Bring to the boil.
2. Cover & cook in the oven for 1½ hrs, then add the sweet potatoes & cook for 1 hr more. The lamb should be completely tender & almost falling off the bones. Stir in the fish sauce, lime juice & 1 tsp sugar to just lift the flavour, then scatter with the mint, basil & the sliced chilli to serve.