3 braised shanks winter Recipes

beef shanks (center cut 8 oz. each), extra virgin olive oil, fine sea salt, fresh ground black pepper, brown onions (chopped ), carrot (chopped ), garlic (chopped ), merlot, beef stock, roma tomatoes (chopped ), tomato paste, bay leaves, lemon thyme, fresh parsley, fresh rosemary, winter savory (fresh ), juniper berries, black peppercorns, egg noodles

lamb shanks, vegetable oil, butter, chopped onion, chopped carrots, chopped parsnips, fresh large thyme sprigs, whole garlic heads, unpeeled , cut horizontally in half, dry red wine, chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth, orange, peel and pith cut away, orange quartered, whole cinnamon sticks, fennel seeds, crushed, butternut squash , quartered lengthwise, seeded, scant ) ground nutmeg, fresh medium fennel bulb, trimmed, sliced (about 2 cups), grated orange peel, red swiss chard, butter