Basque Lamb Shanks

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lamb shanks
• 10 tablespoons lite olive oil
• 12 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/2 lb mushroom, button sized
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup burgundy wine
• 1 cup navy beans, cooked with garlic below
• 4 cloves garlic (use canned and bring to a boil with the garlic)
• salt
• pepper
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/4 cup vinegar

Recipe

• 1 brown the shanks in a dutch oven in 2 tbsp oil, remove shanks.
• 2 add 4 cloves of garlic and the mushrooms, brown well.
• 3 return shanks to the pot, add wine and the broth.
• 4 cook covered, in a 350f oven for about 2 hours (add more broth if needed) until the meat falls off the bone.
• 5 meanwhile prepare your beans, if starting from scratch boil the beans with 4 cloves of garlic until they are tender, if using canned bring them to a boil with the garlic and let them steep.
• 6 remove the garlic from the beans.
• 7 remove bones from the shanks.
• 8 add beans to the meat and heat through.
• 9 meanwhile prepare the sauce combining 4 cloves of minced garlic,salad oil, parsley and vineger, you may warm the sauce or have it at room temp.
• 10 serve the sauce on the side.