Lamb knuckles and crispy baked potatoes

The days are getting cooler and I raided the freezer for a wintery cut of meat. Double this recipe of Lamb knuckles and crispy baked potatoes for 6-8 people. My recipe serves 4

The meat was perfectly cooked at 150°C for 2 hours. Definitely a low and slow method I recommend for fall off the bone meat but still keeps its shape and texture without disintegration into a mooshy mush.

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Slow Cooked Lamb Knuckes

Ingredients

Slow Cooked Lamb

730 g Lamb work on about 200g bone in meat per person
2 Tbls Olive oil
2 Tbls flour
4 tsp oreganum
1 onion
2 celery sticks with leaves
3 garlic cloves
4 medium carrots
1 Tbls Chicken stock Nomu is very good
125 ml white wine
150 g green beans
4 sprigs rosemary
10 g Italian flat leave parsley
2 roma tomatoes
1 tin cannellini beans

Green Bean Potatoes

4 large potatoes
80 g green beans
1 garlic clove
20 g butter
2 Tbls olive oil

Instructions

Ingredients list follow the photos...
Splash a generous glug of olive oil to a heavy based pot that can also go into the oven. In a bowl add 2 Tbls of flour, 1/2tsp salt, good crack of pepper and 1 tsp oreganum
I bought 730g lamb knuckles from Woolies. Coat the lamb both sides in the seasoned flour
Add to the pan of hot oil
Brown on both sides about 2-3 min per side remove and set aside
Get your scrubbed potatoes on the boil in salted water for about 25 min
Chop 2 stalks of celery and 1 onion. Grate 2 carrots and finely slice the other 2
In the same pan the meat was browning add the onion and fry for 2 min
Add 3 smashed garlic cloves and fry for 1 min
Add the celery and carrots
Add 2 tsps of dried oreganum
Add more olive oil if pan looks too dry. Add 1 Tbls chicken stock. This is a liquid version from Nomu. Ina Paarman or similar is fine too.
measure out the wine
Add 1/2 cup white wine to deglaze the pot . The alcohol evaporates and you are left with the flavour
Add 4 stalks of fresh rosemary and the chopped parsley
Add 150g green beans that have been top and tailed
Add 1 cup water
Return the knuckles back to the pot
Mix to coat and turn them over an coat with veg mix. Put lid on and place in preheated oven at a low temperature of 150°C for 1 hour. Go away and clean the windows in the meantime
Back to the potatoes - After 25 min add about 70-80 gram of topped and tailed green beans cook for a further 8-10 minutes
After an hour in the oven check on lamb. It will still be fairly firm. Most of the liquid will have evaporated.
Add another cup of water and replace lid and continue to cook for another hour
After 2 hours in the oven return to stove. Just before you are about to serve add tin of cannellini beans
Add 2 chopped fresh tomatoes and 1 tsps of Oreganum
And 1/2 tin of water
Cut potatoes in half arrange in oven proof dish smash down with a potato masher
Add the green beans cut into smaller pieces slice 1 garlic Clove into 4-5 pieces and dot those in between potatoes splash olive oil over potatoes and a few knobs of butter. Place in preheated oven at 180°C for 1 hour or until golden brown and crispy.