Italian lamb shanks with lentils Recipe | New Idea

Ingredients

• 6 lamb shanks, trimmed
• 1 cup dried green lentils, rinsed
• 2 carrots, cut into 3cm pieces
• 2 celery sticks cut into 3cm pieces
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• ⅓ cup semi-dried tomatoes
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 700 ml chicken stock
• 200 ml white wine
• 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 3 sprigs oregano
• 3 sprigs parsley
• sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season
• steamed green beans, to serve
• bread to serve