Herbies Spices Recipes

Lamb Shank Tagine
Description

This is the perfect mid-winter comfort food, rich and flavourful with root vegetables.  Serve with cous cous for a complete meal.

Ingredients
At a glance
Red Meat
Serves
4

8 small lamb shanks  
4 tablespoons Herbie’s Spices Tagine Spice Blend
4 parsnips cut into 3cm cubes
6 carrots cut into 3cm cubes
2 long red chillies, sliced
2 red onions (in 1/8ths)
2 teaspoons crushed garlic
1 lemon cut into 3cm cubes
1 cup firm green olives
3 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
200mL water or brown stock

Methods/steps
  1. Coat shanks in 2 tablespoons tagine mix and roast 45 minutes at 200ºC, turning once.
  2. Brown parsnips, chillies, carrots, onion and garlic in large pan, add remaining tagine mix, lemon, olives & tomatoes.  Bring to a gentle boil and cook 5 minutes.
  3. Drain fat from roasting tray and cover shanks with sauce.  Add water or stock, cover and cook at 180ºC for 2-3 hours, until meat falls from bone. 
  4. Turn shanks during cooking and add more water if looking dry. Serve with cous cous.
Additional Tips

If you're lucky, there will be left-overs for lunch the next day.  If you like your food with some extra heat, make up a Harissa paste to serve on the side. 

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