Im Going To Order A Lamb Shank Today....

[trt]

from Tesco.

I am going to cook it in a slow cooker (my first time), and freeze portions for another day.

Any tips, or do or do nots?

Thanks.

[NoMercy]

A slow cooked lamb shank curry is also a good option. I'd be inclined to do a dansak style (lentils) curry.

I'd serve this with a peshwari-style rice (currants, shredded coconut and flaked almonds).

[Smowball]

Ooh NoM - that sounds yummy!!

[DTCwordfan]

big wine needed with that, NoM! a

[DTCwordfan]

a good Hermitage or Crozes - perhaps even a Cahors?

[RandyMarsh]

brown it, make a gravy in that pan and bung the lot in the slow cooker, it literally needs nothing else.

[Postdog]

Get mine from Lidl. Bung them in the micro. Choice of wine or mint. Ruddy gawgus.

[NoMercy]

I would probably go for a Gewurtztraminer or a very fragrant Viognier, DT.

[Jackdaw33]

Quels poseurs!

[EDDIE51]

'A' Lamb shank? Portions? 1 Lamb shank will only feed 1 person for 1 meal. Most of it is bone. You need 1 per person.

[trt]

Thanks for all the info everybody.

[naomi24]

Jackdaw, haaaaaaaa! How funny!

[EDDIE51]

I sometimes work in a restaurant kitchen where Slow Roast Lamb Shank is on the menu. We cook them in batches overnight.
One guy asked for Lamb Shank but wanted it 'Rare' we just served him an overnight cooked shank and he ate it , then said how 'rare' meat tasted better!

[NoMercy]

Doesn't take much to please Naomi....

Chuck her some KFC and a glass of Blue Nun.

[naomi24]

^ ;o)

[retrocop]

My tips, with the greatest respect .are as follows,
(a) Lob your slow cooker back in the cupboard. ( Unnecessary gadget imo and no good for me)
(b) Ordinary lidded casserole dish and google Phil Vickerys Lamb shank, chorizo and chick pea casserole dish.
This recipe appeared on ITV. this morning back in 21/09/2010. Hope you can find it.. Slow cookers are nonsense. Just lower the heat in your oven and let it do the work until you come home from work. No probs, Always worked for me . I will try to retrieve the recipe for you.
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[hc4361]

Slow cookers are much cheaper to run, retrocop. Nowt wrong with them.

[Mamyalynne]

I haven't got a slow cooker at the moment but think they are a good idea - why heat a whole oven when you can save a fair amount of energy heating just the crock.

[NoMercy]

Retro, don't "diss" the slow cooker ;)

It's an amazing gadget. Particularly if you're going to be out of the house for several hours.

[EDDIE51]

Our oven has a 'slow' setting 86 Deg C .I can put a lidded casserole or saucepan in it and it used very little energy. Remember it is insulated so loses little heat, where a slow cooker is not insulated just a heated pot on a work top. I would think a well insulated oven on slow will use less power than a slow cooker. Plus you can get more in an oven for the same energy input.I cooked a 15Lb turkey plus a 5 lb gammon and a large beef joint overnight in the same oven on 'slow' last Christmas. They all came out perfect moist and tender!

[Mamyalynne]

Ah now you've moved the goalpost - batch cooking is different. Of course an oven then comes into its own.