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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Moroccan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large dish combine 2 tbs olive oil,onion,garlic,spices,lemon juice and zest. | 2. Add lamb shanks.Coat with marinade and cover.Leave 2-3 hours in fridge(longer if time permits)stirring occasionally and turning the lamb. | 3. Heat 1 tbs olive oil in large frying pan.Lift lamb shanks out of marinade and into frying pan.Brown lamb well on all sides. | 4. Remove lamb from pan and place in a large casserole dish. | 5. Add marinade ingredients to pan with 100mls/4 fluid ozs water and heat gently for 3-4 minutes. | 6. Remove from heat.Add honey and prunes. Stir gently to incorporate,without breaking up the prunes. | 7. Pour this heated mixture over the lamb shanks.Cover with lid or foil. | 8. Cook in preheated oven 160 deg C,325 deg F,gas mark 3 for 2 1/2 hours. | 9. If you prefer a thicker sauce,blend cornflour with a little cold water in a cup.Remove casserole from oven after two hours,stir a little of the sauce into the cornflour and water,mix well then stir back into the sauce in the casserole. Return casserole to oven for remaining half hour. | 10. Serve garnished with toasted almonds and/or chopped coriander. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lamb shank	2			806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1		peeled chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	4		peeled chopped	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
cumin	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
ginger	1	teaspoon	ground	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
nutmeg	1	teaspoon		11.55	1.0844	0.1285	0.7988
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lemon juice zest	1/2		juice	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
olive oil	1	tablespoon		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
prune	14			3439.8	910.7280000000001	28.5012	6.5520000000000005
honey	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cornflour	2	teaspoons		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
almond coriander			toasted chopped	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.