Lamb Shanks sous vide with rosemary, sage and thyme butter

PeterCoffey
PeterCoffey @cook_2940374

Sous viding the meat in a flavor-filled bag makes this lamb shank recipe beautifully juicy and tender!

Lamb Shanks sous vide with rosemary, sage and thyme butter

Sous viding the meat in a flavor-filled bag makes this lamb shank recipe beautifully juicy and tender!

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Ingredients

4 servings
  1. 6 eachsprigs fresh rosemary
  2. 1/2 cupcold butter
  3. 15 eachfresh sage leaves
  4. 2 eachsprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked
  5. 1sea salt
  6. 1fresh ground black pepper
  7. 4 eachquality lamb shanks, crown or French-trimmed
  8. 12 eachgarlic cloves, unpeeled
  9. 2 eachlarge carrots, peeled and finely sliced
  10. 1 eachonion, peeled and finely sliced
  11. 1 eachleek, washed halved and finely sliced
  12. 1olive oil
  13. 1foil

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Set the circulator to 66 C / 150.8 F

  2. 2

    Pick the leaves off 2 sprigs of rosemary, mix them with the butter, most of the sage and the thyme in a food processor and season with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Using a small knife, take one of the lamb shanks and cut between the meat and the bone from the base of the shank upwards. You want to create a hole big enough to put your finger in, making a sort of pocket.

  4. 4

    Do this to all the shanks and divide the flavored butter between them, pushing it into the pockets. This will give a wonderful flavor to the heart of the shanks.

  5. 5

    Next divide the garlic and vegetables between the four shanks.

  6. 6

    Rub the lamb shanks with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

  7. 7

    Place one shank in a sous-vide pouch with a portion of vegetables, a sprig of rosemary and a few sage leaves.

  8. 8

    Vacuum seal.

  9. 9

    Repeat with the other 3 shanks.

  10. 10

    Cook all shanks at 66 C / 150.8 F for 16 hours

  11. 11

    Serve immediately with your favorite side. I like green vegetables

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gary brown
gary brown @cook_5475801
The basics of this recipe were a great launch into lamb osso buco. I simply deboned the shank, spread herbed butter on lamb, then rewrapped meat around bone and followed rest of instructions, used shallot, as I had no leek. Sous vide this for 48 hours at 143F. Separate fluids from solids and reduce fluid in a skillet, adding 6-8oz tomato paste. Remove reduction sauce from heat. on medium flame saute carrot, onion, shallot and garlic in 1 tbsp butter until carrots are nearly soft 10+ minutes try to get onions to caramelize. While vegis are sauteing, sear lamb in a tablespoon or 2 of near smoking olive oil until browned. It's ok if the shank breaks into pieces in the pan as the next step is to add the browned lamb and carrot/vegi mix to the tomato reduction in skillet. Broil 5-10 minutes.

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