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Slow-cooked lamb shanks

Slow-cooked lamb shanks

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Golden lamb shanks braised with onions and carrots, simmered in a tomato and garlic sauce, flambéed with brandy, and finished with a touch of golden flour.

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Recipe from Mazbel, Rutrus, Caiser~eswikibooks and 1 other contributors (Wikibooks), 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 bound together at the end of cooking with a little bit of golden flour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$2.16 $0.54 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.15
  • $0.34
  • $0.16
  • $0.38
  • $0.36
  • $0.01
  • $0.72
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Chop the onion into thin slices and the carrots into rounds. Place them in a pot with a drizzle of oil. ≈ 8 min
  2. When the onion becomes translucent, add the shanks and allow them to brown.
  3. Grate the tomatoes, chop the garlic, and add them. Pour in the brandy and allow the alcohol to evaporate. Add a little water and let it simmer.
  4. In a saucepan, mix a teaspoon of flour with a little water to form a paste, and add it to the stew when the meat is almost cooked, to thicken the sauce.
  5. Serve with locally grown apples. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Slow-cooked lamb shanks

  • 1 medium onion$0.15
  • 1 tomato$0.34
  • 3 cloves of garlic$0.16
  • 2 carrots$0.38
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil$0.36
  • 1 cup of flour$0.01
  • 400 g of Jerusalem artichokes (as a side dish)$0.72
  • salt$0.04

Total$2.16

that's $0.54 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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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 cup of flour
  • 400 g of Jerusalem artichokes (as a side dish)
  • water
  • salt

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