3 red wine shanks mashed potatoes Recipes

olive oil, french-trimmed lamb shanks, bacon, chopped, onions, sliced, garlic, crushed, baby carrots, trimmed, swede, chopped, baby potatoes, diced tomatoes or 1 (400 g) can crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, red wine, fresh rosemary, vegetable stock (5 cups), brown lentils, rinsed,drained, mashed potatoes, to serve, extra fresh rosemary, to garnish (optional)

beef shanks , about, enough olive oil , to form a 1/8 inch layer in pan, flour, seasoned with, salt, black pepper, hot paprika, oregano, chopped red onion, stalks diced celery, diced carrots, diced parsnips, chopped garlic, bay leaves, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, baby portabella mushrooms, trimmed and quartered, red wine (cabernet sauvignon recommended), beef stock or 2 quarts other dark stock, cornstarch (if necessary), chopped italian parsley, yukon gold potatoes, chopped with skins on, head garlic , roasted and chopped, butter, diced, salt and black pepper, rubbed sage , to taste, half-and-half