Name: Arni Krasato (Braised Lamb in Wine)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 170 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 lamb shanks; 1 onion, chopped; 2 carrots, diced; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 500 ml dry red wine; 400 g crushed tomatoes; 80 ml olive oil; 2 bay leaves; 2 rosemary sprigs; 500 ml lamb or beef stock; salt and pepper

Instructions

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1Season the shanks and brown them in olive oil on all sides, 10 minutes.

2Remove and sauté the onion, carrots and garlic until soft.

3Pour in the wine and scrape up the browned bits.

4Return the shanks with tomatoes, bay, rosemary and stock.

5Cover and simmer gently 2 hours, turning once, until the meat pulls from the bone.

6Rest 10 minutes and serve with the sauce spooned over.

Chef's Tip

The wine is boiled with the browned bits, not added raw — that scrape is where the deep flavor lives.

More tips ↓

A 2-hour gentle simmer (not a boil) melts the collagen without tightening the meat.
Turning the shanks once keeps the top half from drying out.

Arni Krasato (Braised Lamb in Wine)

Ingredients

Instructions

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