Chicago-Style Braised Italian Beef Sandwiches - Penguin Books New Zealand

Ingredients

• 4 pounds (1.8 kg) beef shanks (3 or 4 pieces, 1½ inch/4 cm thick)
• 2 teaspoons porcini mushroom powder (see Tip on page 66)
• Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• Olive oil, for searing
• 6 garlic cloves, smashed
• 3 celery stalks, roughly chopped
• 2 large yellow onions, roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• One 12-ounce (360 ml) bottle amber ale of choice
• 2 cups (480 ml) unsalted beef stock, homemade (see page 90) or store-bought
• 1 dried bay leaf
• ½ bunch fresh thyme sprigs