Puff pastry
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1
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Egg, beaten
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1
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Flour, all purpose
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½ cup
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Lamb shanks
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5
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Olive oil
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2 tablespoons
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Onions, red, quartered
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3
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Garlic, peeled
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8 cloves
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Wine, red
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1 bottle
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Beef stock
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1 ¼ cups
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Rosemary, finely chopped
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2 tablespoons
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Red currant jelly
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3 tablespoons
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Salt
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Pepper, freshly ground
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- Season the flour with a good pinch of salt and plenty of pepper.
- Dust the shanks in the seasoned flour.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan, and brown the shanks all over.
- Add any remaining flour, onions, garlic, and stir well.
- Pour in the wine, stock, rosemary, jelly, and a grinding of pepper.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and then reduce to a very gentle simmer, and braise for 2 hours, until the meat falls off the bone, and the sauce is rich and thickened.
- Remove the bones from the pan, reserving three of them, and flake the meat into small pieces.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Ladle lamb filling into an 8-cup casserole dish.
- Roll out the pastry to about 1/8-inch thick and about 1 inch larger than the dish.
- Trim ¾-inch strip from the pastry.
- Brush the rim of the dish with water, and place the pastry strip around the rim, pressing it down.
- Place the reserved lamb bones in the pie filling at intervals along the length of the dish.
These acts as pie funnels, which release steam and helps support the pastry. - Cut three slits into the pastry top at matching intervals as the lamb bones.
- Place the pastry over the top, can carefully side it over the bones.
- Press down the edges of the pastry to seal.
- Trim off any excess pastry, and crimp the edges with a fork or between your thumb and forefinger.
- Brush with the egg, and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden.
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