Lamb Shanks With Vegetables (hungarian)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 (12 ounce) lamb shanks
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 large onion, chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon sweet hungarian paprika or 1 tablespoon spanish smoked paprika
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 large baking potato, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 6 carrots, scraped and cut into 3/4-inch rounds
• 6 celery ribs, chopped
• 16 ounces stewed tomatoes (such as muir glen)
• 2 cups water
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon (such as minor's all natural chicken base)
• 1 cup sour cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place bacon in a 6-quart casserole dish. cook bacon to render fat. remove bacon and brown the lamb shanks in bacon oil. remove shanks.
• 2 place onion and garlic in casserole in remaining oil. cook until translucent. add oregano.
• 3 for the cooking liquid use 2 cups of water in which 2 teaspoons of beef or chicken bouillon have been dissolved. add this to casserole.
• 4 cover casserole, place in preheated oven, and cook for 1 hour at 325°f.
• 5 add the prepared vegetables and cook, covered, for another 60 minutes.
• 6 serve with a dollop of sour cream over each shank.