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Braised lamb shanks

Braised lamb shanks

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A Spanish stew: tender lamb shanks browned on a bed of onions and carrots, simmered with grated tomatoes, garlic, and brandy, with a sauce thickened with …

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Recipe from Mazbel, Rutrus, Caiser and 1 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Among the local dishes from Ayerbe, in Aragon, this slow-cooked lamb shank is simple yet delicious: onions and carrots, golden-brown lamb shanks, grated tomato, garlic, and brandy flambé, all finished with a touch of fried flour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$4.55 $1.14 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people

Stew

  • $0.21
  • $1.68
  • $0.27
  • $0.77
  • $0.53
  • $0.01

Puree

  • $0.85
  • $0.20
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

Stew

  1. Chop the onion into thin strips and the carrots into rounds, and sauté them in a pan with a little oil. ≈ 8 min
  2. When the onion becomes translucent, add the lamb shanks and let them brown.
  3. Grate the tomatoes, chop the garlic, and add them along with the brandy; let the alcohol evaporate slightly, then add a little water, salt, and simmer.
  4. In a frying pan, toast the flour and add it to the stew when the meat is almost cooked, to thicken the sauce.

Puree

  1. Boil the peeled apples in salted water, drain them, and mash them with butter and warm milk.
  2. Serve the sauced shanks with the mashed potatoes. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Braised lamb shanks

  • 1 medium onion$0.21
  • 1 tomato$1.68
  • 3 cloves of garlic$0.27
  • 2 carrots$0.77
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil$0.53
  • 1 tablespoon of flour$0.01
  • 400 g of ground apples$0.85
  • One medium-sized glass of milk$0.20
  • salt$0.03

Total$4.55

that's $1.14 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 4 lamb shanks
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 2 carrots
  • 5 cl of brandy
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of flour
  • water, salt
  • 400 g of ground apples
  • 1 tablespoon of butter
  • One medium-sized glass of milk
  • salt

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