Slow-braised lamb shanks with dried limes & barberries recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp ras el hanout
• 1 lemon zested
• 4 garlic cloves crushed
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 4 lamb shanks (about 1.5kg total)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 6 green cardamom pods bruised
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 red onions finely chopped
• 3 tbsp barberries
• 4 black dried limes pierced and soaked in enough water to cover
• generous pinch of saffron soaked in 2 tbsp warm water
• 1½ litres chicken stock
• few drops of rosewater to serve (optional)
• handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley to serve