Lamb Shanks & Apricots

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 kg lamb shank
• 1/4 cup plain flour (seasoned)
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1 large green capsicum, cored & sliced
• 1 fennel bulb, sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 500 ml chicken stock
• 1 pinch saffron thread
• 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
• freshly ground salt & pepper, to taste
• 1 cup dried apricot, chopped
• parsley, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 150°c.
• 2 in a casserole dish flour lamb and brown in hot oil. then remove and set aside.
• 3 add a little more oil to dish and gently sauté onion, capsicum and fennel until softish, stirring regularly and scraping the bottom of the pot.
• 4 add ginger, garlic, coriander and cumin, and mix well.
• 5 add stock, saffron, sambal, honey, seasonings and apricots.
• 6 return lamb to pot, stir, cover.
• 7 place in oven for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours or until cooked to your liking.
• 8 serve with rice or mashed potato, sprinkled with fresh parsley.