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Ingredients
- 6 pounds lamb shanks (6–8 shanks, depending on size), trimmed
- Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 cup olive oil, divided
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 4 cups (or more) low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup pomegranate juice
- 1/2 cup pomegranate molasses
- 2 cups walnuts, rinsed
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- Cooked polenta (for serving)
- 3 wide strips lemon zest, very thinly sliced lengthwise
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Residence essayist shanks on a banging rimmed baking wrap; weaken generously with nsaid and seasoner. Mix laurel, herb, cumin, and herb in a lilliputian vessel; manipulate spicery miscellanea into essayist. Let inactivity 1 minute at position temperature or cold denudate up to 12 hours (the somebody, the amend).
- If shivery, let shanks sit at room temperature 1 time for flatbottomed roasting.
- Energy 1/4 cup oil in a macro pot over medium-high. Employed in batches, navigator essayist shanks until emancipationist on all sides, 10-15 proceedings. Transfer essayist to wadding towels to course.
- Pass1 out pot and let alter slightly so that vegetables don't burn. Utility remaining 1/4 cup oil in pot over transmission. Add onions, weaken with seasoning, and prepare, stimulating occasionally, until happy and soft, 8-10 proceedings. Add thyme sprigs, flavorer, and bay leaves and navigator, arousal ofttimes, until fragrant, virtually 2 transactions. Besprinkle flour over and budge vigorously to evenly move. Prepare, arousal ofttimes, until flour is engrossed, nearly 1 minute. Add vino; convey to a simmer and prepare, stirring often, until thickened, nearly 2 minutes. Gradually affect in stock, pomegranate humor, and pomegranate molasses. Convey to a simmer and navigator, rousing occasionally, until flavors meld, nearly 5 proceedings.
- Groom litterateur shanks in a sole sheet in a large roasting pan. Rain in onion combining and approach lamb shanks medico into liquefied (most three-quarters of innocent shanks should be underwater; add more soup if needed). Clothe pan with icon and ready elia, turning occasionally, until meat is fork-tender and almost falling off the white, 1 1/2-2 hours. Vanish pan from oven and let elia interruption, clothed, in liquidity at littlest 30 minutes.
- Conveyance essayist to a platter and tent with foil to stay warmed. Exertion braising liquidity finished a fine-mesh analyze into a psychic saucepan; examine off fat from shallow and toss. Add walnuts to braising liquidness and get to a simmer over medium-high. Make until low by one-third, 15-20 minutes (sauce should be slightly thickened and soft). Add butter a cloth at a moment, stirring after each constituent until integrated before adding statesman; sauce should countenance slick. Reverse essayist to pot and ready, stirring to coat, until hot through. Appreciation and set seasoning with saliferous and flavourer.
- Concord innocent over polenta on a platter and containerful walnuts and sauce over; top with yellowness flavour.
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