Braised Lamb Shanks Recipe | Entree Recipes | PBS Food | PBS Food

Ingredients

• 3 hind shanks of lamb cut in half crosswise
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• All-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 medium yellow onion coarsely chopped
• 1 medium leek trimmed, quartered and washed, coarsely chopped
• 2 medium carrots coarsely chopped
• 1 large celery stalk coarsely chopped
• 1 extra large shallot peeled
• 4 large cloves garlic--unpeeled crushed
• Unsalted butter
• 6 ripe plum tomatoes unpeeled, halved and quartered
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup veal stock
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
• Barley risotto
• Sprigs of fresh parsley leaves