Memorial Day Recipes

Spicy Lamb Shanks

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Spicy Lamb Shanks

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You've never had lamb quite like this before. It has all of the normal ingredients, plus prunes, apricots and a variety of spices.

Shared by svenetos

Time needed

3 hour cooking

Serving Size / Yield

4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 lamb shanks
  • salt
  • pepper
  • flour
  • 1 C. water
  • 1 C. cooked prunes
  • 1 C. dried apricots, cooked
  • 1/2 C. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. allspice
  • 1/4 tsp. cloves
  • 3 Tbs. vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season meat with salt and pepper. Dredge with flour and place in greased baking dish. Cover and bake in oven until meat is tender, about 2 hours.

Combine remaining ingredients, heat to boiling and simmer about 5 minutes. Drain most of fat from cooked shanks and add fruit mixture to meat. Cover dish and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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