Red Wine Lamb Shanks With Mashed Potatoes

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recipe by Chloe Harris www.chloefoodie.com

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    3
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1356
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If you’re craving a little comfort food, Red Wine Lamb Shanks with Mashed Potatoes cooked in your Instant Pot Pro Plus hits the spot. The tender, fall-off-the-bone lamb is cooked in a rich, deeply flavored red wine sauce and served over creamy mashed potatoes.

recipe updated 1 Mar. 2022

Ingredients

  • Potato icon
    Potato
    800 g
  • Shallot icon
    Shallot
    190 g
  • Mushrooms icon
    Mushrooms
    140 g
  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    2
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    4
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    2 tablespoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    4 tablespoons
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed
  • Lamb shank icon
    Lamb shank
    3
  • Oil icon
    Oil
    1 tablespoon
  • Fresh rosemary icon
    Fresh rosemary
    4 sprigs
  • Red wine icon
    Red wine
    350 ml
  • Tomato paste icon
    Tomato paste
    140 g
  • Beef stock cube icon
    Beef stock cube
    1
  • Water icon
    Water
    250 ml
  • Corn flour icon
    Corn flour
    1 tablespoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    1 tablespoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Stick blender
  • kCook icon Instant Pot Pro Plus
  • kCook icon Large serving bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Inner pot - pro plus
  • kCook icon Colander

Step preview

  1. Add the potatoes to the inner pot, add in water until the potatoes are just covered and season the water with salt
  2. Secure the lid on the Instant Pot Pro Plus
  3. Pressure Cook on Max for 6 mins, then allow for quick steam release
  4. Once all the pressure has been released, drain the potatoes and add them to a mixing bowl
  5. Add the butter, milk, salt and pepper and using a stick blender, blend until smooth
  6. Taste and add more salt, pepper or butter if needed
  7. Cover and leave to the side until needed
  8. Pat the lamb shanks dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides
  9. Quickly rinse and dry the inner pot
  10. Add oil to the inner pot
  11. Pre-heat the inner pot on Sauté for 40 mins
  12. Once the Instant Pot Pro Plus has finished pre-heating, add in the lamb shanks and brown for 4 mins on each side
  13. Once the shanks have been browned remove them from the inner pot and place them back on the cutting board
  14. Add shallots to the inner pot and Sauté for 3 mins while stirring until they have softened
  15. Add the remaining vegetables to the inner pot
  16. Sauté for 2 mins
  17. Carefully add wine, tomato paste, stock cube, salt and water to the inner pot and mix well
  18. Simmer for 2 more minutes
  19. Add the lamb shanks with some fresh rosemary and turn the shanks in the sauce so they get a light coating
  20. Secure the lid on the Instant Pot Pro Plus
  21. Pressure Cook on Max for 60 mins, then allow for Natural release 15 mins, then Quick Release the remaining pressure
  22. When all pressure has been released carefully remove the lid of the Instant Pot Pro Plus
  23. Gently remove the delicate lamb shanks and place them in a large bowl or dish
  24. Place a colander over a clean large bowl and strain the remaining of your sauce to remove the vegetables
  25. Mix cornflour and water in a small bowl
  26. Pour the sauce and corn flour mixture back into the inner pot and Sauté for 2 mins to thicken the sauce
  27. While sauce is thickening, reheat your mashed potato in the microwave or on the stove for 2-4 mins
  28. Dollop a generous portion of mashed potato in each serving bowl, top with the cooked lamb and then a ladle full of the sauce from the inner pot
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