Tomato Soup Baked Lamb Shanks

I had forgotten what wonderful comforting food you can produce in a slow cooker! I shouted myself a new slow cooker this year as the one I had was 15 years old and I was getting a little concerned that it may burn the house down.

This recipe was from Allyson Gofton's, "Slow" cook book. A very simple dish of lamb shanks slow cooked with tomato soup powder, beef stock, onions, carrots and rosemary. The recipe suggested trimming the shanks but I decided to take the risk and just put them in untrimmed. Fat does not break down in the slow cooker so there were some fatty pieces remaining on the meat and I did skim some fat off the top of the sauce but overall I think this took less effort than trimming them before cooking. I browned the shanks in a fry pan before cooking to give extra colour and flavour and had to add extra liquid to cover the shanks so added some flour for the last half an hour to thicken the sauce.

I served the shanks with mashed potato and steamed broccolini and beans.
Yum!
Rating 7-8 out of 10.