Braised beef shanks
Braised beef shanks

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, braised beef shanks. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Braised beef shanks is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Braised beef shanks is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Add beef and brown well on both sides. Turn beef on its edge and move to sides of pot. Add onion, carrot, leek and garlic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook braised beef shanks using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Braised beef shanks:
  1. Get 2 bone-in beef shanks
  2. Make ready 1 head garlic, unpeeled and halved along it's equator
  3. Make ready 2 sticks celery, cut into large chunks
  4. Prepare 1 large carrot, cut into large chunks
  5. Prepare 2 bay leaves
  6. Prepare 1 handful thyme sprigs
  7. Get 1 tbsp whole black peppercorns
  8. Get 2 tbsp butter
  9. Make ready 1 large onion, chopped
  10. Get 2 carrots, sliced 1/4 in thick
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
  12. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
  13. Take 1 cup sherry
  14. Get 1 cup beef stock
  15. Take 2 medium waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4 in slices
  16. Prepare 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
  17. Get 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  18. Get 1 handful green beans, halved
  19. Take 1/4 cup capers
  20. Make ready 1 heap tsp constarch

Sprinkle tarragon over shank; cover skillet with lid. Just add a side dish of rice or some mashed potato cakes or twice baked potatoes , with a delicious glass of red wine and you have the perfect dish to enjoy with. Liberally season the beef shanks with salt and pepper. Add the oil to a large Dutch oven and heat to high heat.

Steps to make Braised beef shanks:
  1. Season the shanks liberally with salt and sear them with a little veg oil in a large pot on high heat. Once the shanks are browned on both sides, add enough cold water to cover. Add the halved head of garlic, celery, carrot, bay leaves, thyme sprigs and peppercorns. Cover and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for 2 1/2 hours. Skim any pooled fat and gunk from the surface occasionally.
  2. Remove the shanks and set them aside to cool. Strain the braising liquid thorough a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
  3. Add the butter to a medium pot on medium-high heat. Add the onion and sliced carrots and fry 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and chopped garlic and continue cooking another 2 minutes. Deglaze the pot with the sherry and let simmer until about 3/4 of the sherry has boiled off.
  4. Strip the meat and any marrow off the shanks and add it to the pot along with the strained braising liquid, beef stock, potatoes, rosemary and thyme. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Add the beans and capers and simmer for 5 minutes more.
  5. Make a slurry by adding a splash of water to a bowl and adding the cornstarch. Whisk until smooth. Whisk the slurry into the pot and let the stew simmer for a final 5 minutes. Add any extra salt and pepper as needed before serving.

Once hot, add the shanks, and sear until browned on all sides. Browned the shanks in a Le Creuset dutch oven, removed them from the pot, deglazed with two cups of beef bouillon, then returned the shanks to the same pot for braising. Braised beef shanks are an easy cold weather meal. [Photographs: Daniel Gritzer] Hefty beef shanks are braised in an ample amount of red wine with carrots and onions until the meat is tender and falling off the bone. The braising liquid and aromatic vegetables are then blended into a rich sauce. Transfer shanks and vegetables with garlic to a serving dish and keep warm, covered.

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