Oven roasted lamb shanks with roasted tomatoes and toasted

Ingredients

• For the lamb
• 45ml olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 lamb shanks
• 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
• 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 500ml Port wine
• 250ml red wine
• 1 litre chicken stock or water
• Roasted garlic, recipe follows
• Toasted orzo pasta, recipe follows
• Slow roasted tomatoes, recipe follows
• For the roasted garlic
• 2 heads garlic, tops removed
• 2 tbsps olive oil
• For the toasted orzo pasta
• 500g orzo
• 30g unsalted butter
• 30ml olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 30g cold unsalted butter
• 250ml braising liquid from lamb shanks, recipe above
• 25g finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
• Salt and pepper
• For the slow roasted tomatoes
• 4 plum tomatoes, sliced in 1/2 vertically
• 15ml olive oil