Lamb Shanks

Ingredients

• Two Lamb Shanks
• One can of white beans
• 1/2 cup of white wine
• Two large onions - sliced into thin strips
• 6 or 8 shallots - sliced
• Three tablespoons of tomato pasee
• An 8oz can of tomato sauce
• Eight whole garlic cloves - peeled
• Some black pepper corns
• salt as desired - one tablespoon or less
• Two Bay leaves
• 3 branches of Rosemary

1) Trim the fat off of the two lamb shanks

2) Wrap the Rosemary, Bay Leaves,and peppercorn in a cheesecloth bag

3) Add the three tablespoons of Tomato paste to the 8 oz can of tomato sauce and mix

4) Mix together the:

• white beans
• white wine
• onions - sliced in thin strips
• shallots
• tomato paste and sauce mixed step 3.
• garlic cloves
• salt
• cheesecloth bag of Rosemary, Bay leaves and Peppercorns

5) Pour the mixture made in 3 above over the Lamb Shanks

6)Cover the casserole and cook for 4 hours at 275 Degrees

7) Increase the Temperature to 425 degrees and uncover -- cook for one hour

8) Serve on top of a bed of fresh chopped spinach