Braised beef shanks
Braised beef shanks

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In a large stock pot or braising pot, add the olive oil. Season the shanks with salt and pepper. Sprinkle beef with salt on both sides. Heat oil in a small pot with a tight lid until it shimmers.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have braised beef shanks using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Braised beef shanks:
  1. Get bone-in beef shanks
  2. Prepare garlic, unpeeled and halved along it's equator
  3. Make ready celery, cut into large chunks
  4. Get large carrot, cut into large chunks
  5. Prepare bay leaves
  6. Get thyme sprigs
  7. Make ready whole black peppercorns
  8. Take butter
  9. Get large onion, chopped
  10. Take carrots, sliced 1/4 in thick
  11. Make ready tomato paste
  12. Take garlic, crushed and chopped
  13. Get sherry
  14. Take beef stock
  15. Take medium waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4 in slices
  16. Get chopped fresh rosemary
  17. Get chopped fresh thyme
  18. Make ready green beans, halved
  19. Make ready capers
  20. Take 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.

Steps to make Braised beef shanks:
  1. 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.
  2. Remove the shanks and set them aside to cool. Strain the braising liquid thorough a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. Beef shanks are found on the leg of a cow, directly above the knee joint. The meat may appear similar to steak, but with a signature marrow bone featured in the center. In a large stock pot or braising pot, add the olive oil.

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