Lamb Shank a la Milanese

This is one of our favourite and simple stew type meat dishes. It's really just the lamb version of Osso Bucco a la Milanese, with lamb shank shopped into chunks instead of beef osso bucco, cooked in a tomato based sauce. The process is really simple, just fry up some onions and garlic, a can of whole peeled tomatoes, star aniseed, cloves, salt, pepper, and lamb shanks. We added fresh basil and rosemary at the end so the herbs won't overpower the sauce (only coz mum and dad don't like rosemary that much). I think it was stewed for a couple of hours, till the meat falls off the bones. This style also applies to normal osso bucco (of course) and ox tails, and would work with beef brisket on noodle/pasta too. Probably should have added a glass of red wine but we didn't think of it at the time. Maybe next time.........