Elmslea Lamb Shanks With Dates And Pumpkin Pressure Cooker Recipes

ELMSLEA LAMB SHANKS WITH DATES AND PUMPKIN (PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• Coat shanks in flour.
• Heat oil in pressure cooker and brown shanks, set aside.
• Add onion, cook till soft.
• Add back lamb, chicken stock, red wine, tomatoes, dates, cinnamon stick and bring to the boil.
• Add pumpkin.
• Cook on low for 45 minutes.
• Cook potatoes and mash.
• Serve on a bed of mashed potatoes, sprinkled with parsley.

LAMB SHANK TAGINE WITH DATES

Steps:

• Trim shanks of excess fat, then season generously with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine garlic, fresh ginger, paprika and cumin, and smear over shanks. Leave shanks at room temperature to season for at least an hour. (Or you can wrap and refrigerate several hours, or overnight; return to room temperature before proceeding.)
• In a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed soup pot, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion, saffron and cayenne, and sprinkle with salt. Cook for 5 minutes, until somewhat softened. Stir in tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Lower heat to medium, add seasoned shanks and let cook with onions, turning occasionally, until meat and onions are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Add cinnamon stick, dried ginger, chopped dates and water to barely cover (about 31/2 to 4 cups) to the pot. Bring to a simmer, cover pot with a tightfitting lid and place in oven. Bake for 30 minutes, then turn heat down to 350 degrees. Check sauce and add water if level of liquid is below meat. Continue baking for another hour, checking liquid level occasionally, then test meat by probing with skewer or paring knife. It should be quite tender and almost falling from bone, but cooked no further. (Tagine may be prepared to this point up to two days ahead. Reheat gently in a covered pot on the stovetop, adding a little more water as necessary.)
• Remove meat from pot and place in deep, wide serving bowl. Skim off any surface fat from cooking liquid in pot. Add whole dates to pot and simmer for a few minutes to reduce sauce slightly. Pour sauce and dates over meat. To serve, garnish with raisins, pomegranate seeds and cilantro sprigs.

BRAISED LAMB SHANKS - PRESSURE COOKER RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel the tomatoes, remove the calyx and cut into quarters. If you prefer, you can drop the tomatoes into boiling water for one minute and then refresh in ice cold water- this makes removing the skins easier.
• Toss the shanks in the flour -I do this in a large plastic bag for a no mess cleanup. Shake off any excess flour. Discard excess flour.
• Heat half of the oil in the cooker (no lid) and brown the shanks, two at a time if necessary. Remove and set aside.
• Add the remaining oil and the onion, carrots and garlic. Fry for 5 minutes, stirring occassionally. Add the tomatoes, oregano, lemon rind, wine and stock. Bring to the boil, stirring well, for a few minutes.
• Return the lamb shanks to the cooker and season well with salt and pepper. Spoon some of the sauce and vegetables over the meat.
• Close and lock the lid. Set cooker to High Pressure and cook for 25 minutes.
• Carefully release pressure from the cooker and check the meat is cooked. The meat should be very tender and almost falling off the bone. Cook a furtehr 5 minutes if required (though I haven't had to do this).
• If you would like the gravy a little thicker- add the remaining flour to the cold water and stir until smooth. Simmer gravy and add the flour paste in slowly until the gravy is thicker.
• Serve with mashed potato and a green veg -- or baked tiny tomatoes as we did. The green or red really adds colour to the plated meal.

LAMB SHANKS WITH GARLIC AND PORT WINE - PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from the lamb shanks and season with salt and pepper. (I admit I like fat on my meat, and the lamb isn't that fatty, so I didn't trim my shanks).
• Heat the oil in the PC. Add the shanks and brown on all sides. (You can do this in a separate pan if you like).
• When the shanks are almost completely browned, add the garlic cloves and cook until they are lightly browned but not burned.
• Add the stock, port, tomato paste, and rosemary, stirring so the tomato paste dissolves.
• Close the PC and bring up to full pressure (15 pounds).
• Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 30 minutes.
• Remove PC from heat and let pressure release naturally.
• Remove the lamb shanks.
• Return pan to heat and boil the liquid, uncovered, for 5 minutes to reduce and thicken the sauce.
• Whisk in the butter, then add the vinegar.
• Serve the sauce over the lamb.
• Enjoy!