Crock Pot Lamb Shanks

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Modified version of a recipe i found on the 'net that i thought turned out great. Apart from a few small changes to seasoning the original recipe called for a cup of wine rather than beer, sometimes i feel with tomato that makes things a bit rich when slow-cooked and i thought the beer substitution worked well. If you don't want to use beer try a cup of beef stock instead of the stock powder / beer. Also whole garlic cooked this way doesn't taste strong at all, if you want it to have a strong garlic taste you'd need to crush some of it.

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Steps

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Heat oil in pan over medium to high heat and brown lamb shanks on all sides.

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Season lamb shanks with pepper.

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Place sliced onions at bottom of crock pot and put lamb shanks on top drizzled with remaining oil and juices from the pan.

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Place mushrooms and garlic cloves over the top.

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Mix beer , worcestershire sauce , stock powder , tomatoes , oregano , basil , thyme and bay leaf in a bowl.

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Pour mixture over the top of lamb shanks.

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Cook in crock pot on low for 6-8 hours depending on your crock pot.

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Remove bay leaves.

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Serve with vegetables and juices poured over the top of the shanks.

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I served over wholegrain bread but mashed potatoes would be the best match.

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Ingredients

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lamb shank, olive oil, ground black pepper, brown onions, garlic cloves, mushrooms, beer, worcestershire sauce, beef stock powder, crushed tomatoes, dried oregano, dried basil, dried thyme, bay leaf