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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Lamb Shank Casserole in Red Wine Sauce



Ingredients:  
  4 pieces of lamb shank
  4 large cloves of garlic
  1 large onion
  6 large ripe tomatoes 
  3 - 6 pcs bay leaves
  2 sprigs of rosemary
  250g button mushrooms
  1 suede
  2 turnips
  1/2 taro
  1 large carrot
  1 small can of tomato paste
  1 bottle of red wine (preferably cabernet sauvignon or shiraz)
  3 - 6 tbsp oil
  oil for browning/frying

Equipment:

   Frying pan
   Cast Iron Pot



Procedure:
1)  Brown lamb shank
2)  Set aside
3)  Heat oil in the cast iron
4)  Sautee garlic and onion till onion becomes translucent
5)  Add tomatoes, bay leaf and sprig of rosemary
6)  Add 1/4 bottle of the red wine
7)  Simmer till tomatoes for a sauce
8)  Place lamb shanks
9)  Mix
10) Pour rest of the wine
11)  Simmer
12)  Add tomato paste
13)  Add mushrooms
14)  Simmer
15)  Add the vegetables
16)  Cover
17)  Place in oven
18)  Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour or longer

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Lamb shank casserole dinner

Friday (15/10/2010) markde the beginning of a particularly cold spring weekend in canberra.  That weekend it hailed in the city and snowed in the alps.  Canberra was miserable on saturday.  I thought hmmmm what to do to make the weekend better.  After dinner with Patrick on Saturday (16/10/2010), I decided to host a 3 course dinner.  

Menu includes:

ENTREE:

                  Garlic chilli prawn with wilted spinach on Tomato and Basil Rice Cracker


MAIN MEAL:   

            Lamb casserole in red wine sauce
            Couscous with 4 beans salad


DESSERT:  

       Creme Brulee

Dinner was successful.