Having a passion for meat, we can elaborate on a few different cuts, but for now I have to say it’s lamb shank. If prepared in the right way it literally falls off the bone. Below is a recipe by our in-house Country Meat chef:
Country Meat lamb shank
Ingredients
- lamb shanks
- garlic cloves, sliced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- SAUCE
- 50ml Worcestershire sauce
- 50ml tomato sauce
- 5ml (1 tsp) ginger
- 50ml mustard
- 1ml red cayenne pepper
- 30ml (2 tbsp) brown sugar
- 5ml (1 tsp) beef stock (2 cubes)
- 15ml (1 tbsp) vinegar
- 30ml (2 tbsp) cornflour
- 250ml (1 cup) water
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 onion, chopped
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
2
Place lamb shanks in an oven tray.
3
Stuff shanks with garlic pieces.
4
Season with salt and pepper.
5
Prepare the sauce by mixing all the ingredients together and pour the sauce over the shanks.
6
Cover with foil and cook for for 3 hours. Remove foil and cook for another hour.
7
You can add mushrooms and (half cooked) potatoes to the sauce for the last hour if you like.
For more info on Country Meat Wholesale Family Butcher & Deli, go to www.countrymeat.co.za
