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Lamb shanks recipe

Ale barley lamb shanks

With slow-cooked leeks & umami broth

Lamb shanks recipe

2 hrs 38 mins (8 minutes prep, 2 hours 30 minutes cook)

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

nutrition per serving

783

Calories

39%

35.2g

Fat

50%

12.8g

Saturates

64%

6.2g

Sugars

7%

1.5g

Salt

25%

65.6g

Protein

131%

48.8g

Carbs

19%

0.1g

Fibre

-

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food

5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

4 lamb shanks (roughly 400g each)

2 leeks

200g pearl barley

1 heaped tablespoon umami paste

500ml of your favourite ale

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170ºC/325ºF/gas 3.
  2. Place a large casserole pan on a high heat, and fry the lamb shanks in 1 tablespoon of olive oil, while you halve, wash and roughly chop the leeks.
  3. Add them to the pan with the pearl barley, umami paste and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, then stir well.
  4. Pour in the ale and 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar, then cover with 1.2 litres of water.
  5. Cook in the oven for 2 hours 30 minutes, or until tender, then dish on up. Easy!

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