Author: Anna Harvey, owner, Harvey Sheep & Wool in Calpine
Ingredients
2 to 4lamb shanksbone-in
Salt and pepperto taste
Olive oil
1sweet onionsliced
4clovesgarlicminced
2tablespoonstomato paste
2 to 3cupschicken broth
5sprigs fresh rosemary
215-ounce cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
6 to 8fresh carrotsunpeeled with greens removed
Instructions
Generously season lamb shanks with salt and pepper before browning in olive oil in a cast-iron Dutch oven. Remove when done.
Sauté sliced onion in the same pot for 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic and tomato paste, then cook for 4 to 5 minutes on medium-low heat until tomato paste darkens slightly.
Add 2 cups chicken broth, shanks, and rosemary. Cover with tight-fitting lid, remove from stovetop, and bake at 325 degrees F for 2 hours 20 minutes. Add canned garbanzo beans and carrots, then cook for another 40 minutes. Add more chicken broth if dry.
Notes
This meal also can be made in a slow cooker. For this method, reduce liquid to about 1 inch. Brown the shanks before adding them to the bed of onions in the slow cooker. Add all the ingredients in at the same time and cook for about 3 hours on high.