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Foil-Baked Lamb Shanks With Warm Eggplant Salad

Here's how you make Foil-Baked Lamb Shanks With Warm Eggplant Salad
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 2.5-3h
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 teaspoons sumac
  • 3 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 (56 ounces) lamb shanks (French-trimmed suggested but optional, See Intro, 400 gm each = 14 oz each)
  • 8 lemon thyme sprigs
  • 4 garlic cloves (halved)
  • 320 ml red wine (1 1/4 cups)
  • 2 large (3 pounds) eggplants (cut in 3 cm 1 1/4 in pieces)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 50 grams raisins (plumped in water & drained, 1/3 cup)
  • 1 can (400 gram) garbanzo beans (chickpeas, rinsed & well-drained)
  • 80 grams green pitted olives (drained)
  • 80 grams pitted kalamata olives (drained)
  • 1 1/3 cups chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 100 grams feta cheese (crumbled, 2/3 cup)
  • Lemon wedges, to serve
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 170°C (340°F). Cut eight 15-in (40 cm) squares of aluminum foil. Rub spices & salt over lamb shanks. Lay a lamb shank on 4 squares & top w/thyme & garlic. Gather the sides of the foil up to create 4 bowls. Enclose each pkg w/a 2nd 15-in (40 cm) square piece of foil (bringing the sides together) & then pour 1/3 cup (80 ml) wine into each pkg. Twist the ends of the foil to secure each pkg & roast lamb on a baking dish or tray for 2 1/2 hrs or until tender. (Adjust cook time for shank size as needed)

  • Step 2: Combine eggplant & oil. Season w/salt & pepper & place on a parchment paper-lined baking tray. Roast above lamb for the final 35 min of cook time or until tender. Remove from oven & combine w/raisins, chickpeas, olives, parsley & feta.

  • Step 3: Remove lamb from foil to a serving plate, reserving the liquid. Strain the liquid & place in a pan over med heat. Cook for 4-5 min until thickened. Serve lamb w/eggplant salad, lamb sauce & lemon wedges. (Potatoes are also required at our house)

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Only standard kitchen items are required.

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