March 30, 2026

Lamb Shanks Baked In Buttermilk

Serves:

4

Cooking Time:

< 90 min

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Ingredients:

Lamb shanks:
4 lamb shanks
salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
45 ml oil
2 garlic clove(s), sliced
2 carrot(s), cut into chunks
3 stalk(s) celery, cut into chunks
4 baby onion(s), halved
250 ml LANCEWOOD® Buttermilk
410 g canned chopped peeled tomatoes
1 beef stock cube(s) dissolved in 80 ml red wine or boiling water
45 ml flour
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
fresh parsley, chopped for serving

Yoghurt garlic sauce:
250 ml LANCEWOOD® Double Cream Plain Yoghurt
1 large garlic clove(s), crushed
1 lemon
zest only
15 ml lemon juice
10 ml salt flakes
30 ml fresh parsley, chopped

Method

Lamb shanks:
  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  2. Season the lamb shanks with salt and pepper to taste. Heat the oil and brown the shanks all over.
  3. Add the garlic, carrots, celery and onions and fry for 2 minutes. Transfer to an ovenproof casserole dish.
  4. Mix the buttermilk, tomatoes, stock and flour together. Pour over the lamb shanks. Add the rosemary.
  5. Cover and bake for 2 – 3 hours until tender and falling from the bone. Check on the hour and baste with the sauce.


Yoghurt garlic sauce: Add the yoghurt, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and parsley together and mix until well combined.

To serve:
  1. Serve the lamb shanks with potato or cauliflower mash.
  2. Top with the yoghurt garlic sauce and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley.

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