Yummy Mummy Braised Lamb Shanks

• 6 lamb shanks
• 2 tablespoons garlic oil
• 2 onions
• 3 carrots
• 1 stick celery
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon mustard powder
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon rice flour

1. Preheat the oven to 150u0b0C Finely dice the onions, carrots and celery.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy casserole dish or dutch oven until shimmering and brown the lamb shanks on all sides, then set aside.
3. Reduce the heat and gently cook the onion, carrot, celery until they are soft and translucent.
4. Stir in tomato paste and mustard powder and cook for a few minutes more.
5. Stir in the vinegars then return the shanks to the pan.
6. Add water to almost cover the meat.
7. Place in the oven and cook gently until the meat is falling off the bones, approximately 3 1/2 hours.
8. Remove the shanks from the stew, skim the fat from the top, mash the veges into the liquid.
9. Bring to a simmer and reduce until nice and thick.
10. Stir in the rice flour if the sauce still needs more thickening.
11. Add the shanks back to the sauce and bring back to serving temperature, then serve over creamy mashed potatoes, polenta or your favorite starch, add a green vege and you are all balanced and good to go.

lamb shanks, garlic oil, onions, carrots, celery, tomato paste, mustard powder, balsamic vinegar, white wine vinegar, rice flour

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/yummy-mummy-braised-lamb-shanks-361010 (may not work)