
Treat your family and friends to this delicious 100% natural Easter cake.
Ingredients
For the slow cooking of the lamb shanks
- 3 x carrots
- 2 x lamb shanks
- 200ml of cold water
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- 1/2 tsp of dehydrated lamb broth
For the gravy and final roasting
- 50g of butter
- 2 1/2 tbsp of flour
- 350ml boiling water
- 3-4 scoops of dehydrated lamb broth
- 1-2 tbsp of lamb gravy
- 1 tbsp of balsmic vinegar
- 1 tsp of coconut sugar
- 1 tbsp of worcestershire sauce
- 100ml of aged tawny port
- 1 tbsp of rosemary
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- 1/2 chilli flakes
Instructions
- In a slow cooker, place 3 x carrots on the bottom and lay the 2 x lamb shanks over the top.
- Add cold water
- Sprinkle on 1 tsp of rosemary
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- 1/2 tsp of lamb broth powder
Allow to slow cook for 6-8 hours on high
After the lamb shanks are cooked, set aside.
- Make the gravy
- In a saucepan add 50g of butter
- Then add 2 1/2 tablespoons of flour gradually
- Mix the butter and flour together until forming a ball like consistency.
- remove from the heat and boil the kettle.
- In a jug add 350ml of boiling water
- Then add 3-4 scoops of dehydrated lamb broth – stir well
- Put the mbutter and flour mixture back on the heat and slowly pour in 100ml lamb broth stirring well along the way.
- Well full mixed, add more lamb broth, keep stirring until the lamb broth is fully mixed with the butter and flour.
- You now have your gravy base.
- Add in 1-2 tablespoons of gravy granules (lamb)
- Then add in 1 tablespoon of balsmic vinegar mix well
- Add 1 tsp of coconut sugar mix well
- Add 1 x tbsp of worcestershire sauce mix well
- Add 100ml of aged tawny port
- Add 1 tbsp of rosemary
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
Mix all together
Then pour over lamb shanks, roast in the oven for 20 minutes