mashed potatoes Archives - Delights Of Culinaria

Ingredients

• 6-7 lamb shanks (or crosscut shanks-osso bucco style)
• 1 onion sliced
• 3-4 carrots cut in chunks
• 4-5 celery and/or fennel cut in chunks
• 7 garlic cloves
• 14.5 ozs. diced tomatoes or 2-3 fresh tomatoes
• 8 ozs. tomato paste
• 2 cup red wine
• 1 cup beef or chicken broth/stock
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 4 rosemary sprigs
• 6 thyme sprigs
• 1 bay leaf
• salt
• black pepper
• oil
• 8 potatoes peeled,cut in half
• 1 stick butter sliced (1 1/2 if not using mascarpone)
• 2/3 cup warm milk
• 1 tbsp Mascarpone cheese (optional)
• bay leaf
• chopped chives (optional)
• 1 crushed garlic (optional)