
Lamb Shank Tagine by James Martin
Main dish
Meat
Medium
3h 30min
4 servings
ingredients
Sauce
2 tbs olive oil
3 garlic cloves peeled and chopped
1 onion, peeled and diced
5cm ginger chopped
1 red chilli, chopped
1 green chilli chopped
1 cinnamon stick
2 x400g Cirio Pelati tomatoes
2 tbs Cirio tomato paste
200ml chicken stock
1 tbs honey
4 medium preserved lemons, chopped
100g apricots dried chopped
50g sultanas
Marinade
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp ras el hanout
1 tsp saffron strands
4 tbs olive oil
4 lamb shanks
To serve
1 small bunch mint chopped
1 small bunch coriander chopped
Preparation
- Mix the oil and spices for the marinade coat all over the lamb and pop in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
- Pre heat the oven to 180c
- Fry the lamb shanks in a oven proof pot until browned, pop on to a tray. For the sauce add all the the remaining ingredients and bring to the boil place the lamb on top of the sauce put the lid on and cook in the oven for 3 hours Finish with the herbs.