Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks

If you want to cook to impress, then make these amazing slow cooker lamb shanks. The lamb completely melts in your mouth.

📝 Ingredients

• 30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
• 4 lamb shanks
• 2 onions, peeled and chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 250 ml (1 cup) red wine
• 440 ml (1 can) chopped tomatoes
• 250 ml (1 cup) lamb or vegetable stock
• 2 rosemary sprigs
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) sugar [optional]

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
2. 2Fry the lamb shanks for 4-5 minutes, turning regularly, or until browned all over. Place the lamb shanks in the slow cooker.
3. 3Add an extra splash of oil if needed and fry the onions until translucent, which will take about 5 minutes.
4. 4Deglaze the frying pan with red wine and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. 5Pour the onions and red wine in the slow cooker with the lamb shanks.
6. 6Add the tomatoes, stock and rosemary too, and give everything a stir.
7. 7Cook on the low setting for 8 hours.
8. 8The lamb shanks should now be tender and falling off the bone. Take them out and keep warm.
9. 9Remove the rosemary sprigs and transfer the rest of the contents, plus the sugar [optional], to a food processor. Blend until smooth.
10. 10Serve the lamb shanks on a pile of mash with huge quantities of the gravy poured on top. Enjoy!