Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, braised beef shanks. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook braised beef shanks using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Braised beef shanks:
- Make ready 2 bone-in beef shanks
- Make ready 1 head garlic, unpeeled and halved along it's equator
- Make ready 2 sticks celery, cut into large chunks
- Make ready 1 large carrot, cut into large chunks
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 handful thyme sprigs
- Take 1 tbsp whole black peppercorns
- Prepare 2 tbsp butter
- Make ready 1 large onion, chopped
- Prepare 2 carrots, sliced 1/4 in thick
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
- Take 1 cup sherry
- Make ready 1 cup beef stock
- Take 2 medium waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4 in slices
- Get 1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
- Prepare 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
- Prepare 1 handful green beans, halved
- Get 1/4 cup capers
- Get 1 heap tsp constarch
Dredge the beef shanks through the flour and coat it (skip this if you're low-carb). Melt the butter in a large oven-safe braising pan over medium to medium-high heat. Fry the beef shanks in the butter until browned on the outside. Remove the beef shanks to a plate.
Instructions to make Braised beef shanks:
- Season the shanks liberally with salt and sear them with a little veg oil in a large pot on high heat. Once the shanks are browned on both sides, add enough cold water to cover. Add the halved head of garlic, celery, carrot, bay leaves, thyme sprigs and peppercorns. Cover and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for 2 1/2 hours. Skim any pooled fat and gunk from the surface occasionally.
- Remove the shanks and set them aside to cool. Strain the braising liquid thorough a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
- Add the butter to a medium pot on medium-high heat. Add the onion and sliced carrots and fry 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and chopped garlic and continue cooking another 2 minutes. Deglaze the pot with the sherry and let simmer until about 3/4 of the sherry has boiled off.
- Strip the meat and any marrow off the shanks and add it to the pot along with the strained braising liquid, beef stock, potatoes, rosemary and thyme. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Add the beans and capers and simmer for 5 minutes more.
- Make a slurry by adding a splash of water to a bowl and adding the cornstarch. Whisk until smooth. Whisk the slurry into the pot and let the stew simmer for a final 5 minutes. Add any extra salt and pepper as needed before serving.
Fry the beef shanks in the butter until browned on the outside. Remove the beef shanks to a plate. Heat an oven-proof deep skillet with a lid over medium-high heat on the stove; add olive oil. Season beef shank with salt and pepper. Transfer beef shank to a plate.
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