Lamb Shanks

Most of the dishes we cover arrive with a rulebook. Lamb Shanks show up with a bone, a pot and a lot of open road, so the braising liquid is ours to write. We follow the shank from Persia to the Seder plate to a SoHo dining room, then argue our way to a single direction.Along the way we put an old debate on trial: does the bone actually add flavor? We pick fore or hind, make the call on the booze, and choose a dried fruit to melt into the sauce. For the wine, we head to two countries that rarely come up on this show, with a winery story worth the detour. And since a braise like this keeps us by the stove for hours, the drink in hand while it cooks matters too.This week's cocktail is the Burning Love, built on gin, lime and maraschino liqueur and poured over thyme and rosemary set alight in the glass.For the full recipes and more, become a premium subscriber at https://sauced.supercast.com/Follow us on Instagram: @sauced.podThanks to all of this week's partners:Tequila El Viejito: https://pkgdgroup.com/tequila-el-viejito/Underberg: https://underbergamerica.com/