Our family, like most, have tried-and-true holiday traditions that we follow and cherish each year. But I also try to come up with something new for many holidays that I hope will turn into time-honored traditions. This year, I created a perfect dish for both Christmas, Easter and Passover — braised lamb shanks. The pomegranate juice adds a bit of sweetness that brings out the delectable flavor of the lamb. And with this beautiful presentation, no one will believe that it took just five minutes to create. Your family and holiday guests will be impressed with this easy and delicious recipe!
Holiday Menu Solved: Momma Chef’s Oh-So Easy Pomegranate Braised Lamb Shanks
Author: Momma Chef
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 3 lamb shanks (about 4 pounds)
- 2 cups pomegranate juice
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Mix pomegranate juice, honey, salt, chopped rosemary and garlic in a large Ziploc bag. Add the lamb shanks to bag and, if possible, let it marinate several hours in the refrigerator.
- This recipe can be made in a slow cooker or Dutch oven.
- If making in the oven, pour all ingredients in a Dutch oven add ½ cup water and bake for 3 hours at 300 degrees.
- If making in a slow cooker, pour all ingredients in the slow cooker add ½ cup water and cook on high for 6 hours. Serves 4.
Tips:
- Lamb shanks are wrapped in many layers of plastic, make sure to remove all layers before cooking.
- This dish is best served over a bed of mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach.
- Before serving, drizzle with fresh or frozen pomegranate seeds.
blondieaka says
April 5, 2017 at 9:55 pmI love Lamb and it is one of the meats I miss as I cannot get it here very occassionally you see imported lamb but very expensive. But a lovely sounding recipe 🙂
Stuart Forster says
April 7, 2017 at 2:49 amLooks a delicious dish and I like how you’ve made the recipe easy to follow.
angie says
April 7, 2017 at 8:10 amthis looks very tasty so glad there are awesome dishes that are available on a healthy diet thanks for sharing
Laura O'Neill (@LauraOinAK) says
April 9, 2017 at 6:59 pmThanks so much for adding this to the 40 Days of Seeking Him linkup last week.
I know my husband will LOVE to try this soon. He’s a big lamb fan.
Also, you are one of the featured posts for this week’s anchor. If you have anything else that fits for the last days of Lent or Easter, feel free to add it here:
http://daybydayinourworld.com/2017/04/40-days-seeking-holy-week-2017/
Jenn says
January 30, 2018 at 7:56 amThese look amazing! Have you ever tried it without honey? My husband and I are on the Keto diet so we can’t have added sugar. I would love to make this!
Momma Chef says
January 30, 2018 at 8:19 amHi Jenn,
You can absolutely make this without honey, but if you are on a Keto diet you would need to make it without the pomegranate juice as well since that has sugar in it. But, I do have many keto-friendly recipes on my blog, under my low-carb section (lemon-herb chicken, cauliflower, etc..) here is the link. Enjoy! https://mommachef.com/category/low-carb/
wegowithkids says
January 30, 2018 at 8:40 amThis looks amazing, and my kids love pomegranate. I’m certain I couldn’t get that presentation in five minutes, though!
Amanda says
January 30, 2018 at 8:15 pmI love the tangy sweetness of pomegranate. These lamb shanks look delicious.
Amber says
January 31, 2018 at 9:46 amPomegranate, garlic and rosemary are some of my favorite things! This would be great to serve for company because it is simple, has great flavor profile and has great presentation!
Jazz says
February 1, 2018 at 3:05 pmI love the simplicity of this dish–and even better that it looks so gourmet!
michelle says
April 4, 2018 at 7:45 pmWhat an amazing recipe for lamb. Would’ve never thought of pomegranate!!
Kate Andrews says
April 4, 2018 at 8:17 pmI absolutely love pomegranates! Great idea.
melissamarieblog says
April 5, 2018 at 12:45 amYum! This looks delicious. I have never made a lamb dish before, but I definitely want to try this one! It looks fairly easy too!
mammabearsays says
April 5, 2018 at 9:56 amthese look so delicious. i love lamb.
Maria says
April 5, 2018 at 11:57 amomg my mouth is watering, this looks SO good!!