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One-Pan Lasagne

If you really love lasagne, but don't want to wait hours and have a sink full of dishes then this recipe is for you. It has all the delicious flavours of lasagne, but this recipe is quick and easy!

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Red Wine and Garlic Slow-Cooked Lamb Shanks

If you’ve tried a lot of slow-cooked lamb shank recipes over the years, or even if you haven’t, these shanks are hard to pass up. Meltingly tender lamb bathed in a rich red wine and garlic gravy should be all the encouragement you need to get stuck right in. How to make red wine and garlic slow-cooked lamb shanks: key tips Choose a heavy-based, flameproof (if needed) casserole dish for this boozy slow cook, so that your ingredients cook evenly on the stovetop and the base of your lamb mixture doesn’t burn. Season and coat your lamb shanks in a little plain flour, then shake off the excess. Brown the shanks in your chosen dish until they are lovely and golden and starting to caramelise. Remove the shanks from the pan and then cook the onion and garlic until softened. By now you should have a gorgeous ‘crust’ on the base of your dish. That’s okay, because when you add the wine it will sizzle and deglaze the dish – in other words, it will lift all that yumminess from the base so that it can be incorporated into the gravy. Add all the rest of the ingredients to the dish and let it cook low and slow until the lamb is almost falling off the bones. Key ingredients in this red wine and garlic slow-cooked lamb shanks recipe Lamb shanks lend themselves very well to slow cooking. Their connective tissue breaks down during the longer cooking time, resulting in super tender meat. The marbling of fat throughout adds flavour but you can always trim off some excess fat, if you want to, before coating the shanks in flour. Go for a full-bodied red wine for this recipe. Consider wines such as shiraz, cabernet sauvignon or merlot. Onion really is the only vegetable that has been added to this slow cook, and it provides a wonderful savoury flavour, however feel free to add some chopped carrot and celery to bulk up the veg. Italian cooking sauce (or passata) adds a gorgeous sweetness and richness to the gravy. If you like, you can use a sauce with added herbs for extra flavour. If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this all day lamb. These lamb shanks with tomatoes also look mighty tasty. This recipe was originally submitted by alikae, a member of the Australia’s Best Recipe community. Introduction and additional recipe notes by Natasha Shaw.

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Hidden Vegie Pizza

This mild mannered margarita pizza is packed with nutritious vegies and finished off with creamy mozzarella: what the kids don't know won't hurt them.

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Lamb Shanks Italian-Style

Succulent, oven baked lamb shanks in an Italian-style tomato sauce.

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Rainbow Pizza

Sometimes a bit of visual razzle dazzle goes a long way toward enticing children's taste buds. This colourful vegie pizza is a great lunch box solution, or an easy weeknight dinner.

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Stuffed Cap-O’-Lanterns

These fun ‘cap-o’-lanterns’ are stuffed with a tasty chicken and rice filling and baked to spooky, kooky perfection. Serve them up as part of your Halloween feast.

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Tara's Spaghetti Bolognese

Presenting my entry for Australia’s best spag bol recipe! Like most Aussie kids, I grew up eating my fair share of spag bol! While my mum's recipe is still cooked to this day, my brother and I often compete in the kitchen for the title of best spag bol, or lasagne in our household. Living out of home now, I have created my own recipe, which is always a hit when I invite my family, or friends over to my place for dinner, or something that I cook up for myself for dinner and then take the leftovers to work for lunch. I definitely think my spag bol has what it takes. It's simple and easy to cook, but most importantly it's packed full of flavour! My secret is the rich flavour achieved by slowly caramelising the pancetta, the mix of mushrooms and the addition of the anchovies, which boosts the intensity of the sauce and enhances the meaty flavour! With the combination of the traditional passata sauce and a splash of good quality red wine, the end result is a rich, luscious, full bodied, meaty sauce and everything you want from a spag bol!

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Autumn Minestrone

A summer soup changed to an autumn/winter warmer. Hearty and healthy and very tasty.

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Asparagus, Smoked Chicken, Capsicum & Egg Pizza

It's Asparagus season, let's celebrate. This recipe brings out the best in all the ingredients as they compliment each other so well. The soft yolk egg brings another level of yum. A brilliant brunch dish or easy meal. It's an oz Italian pizza.

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Pork and Beef Spaghetti Bolognese

Ask any nonna and they’ll tell you that the secret to a great tasting bolognese sauce (sugo or ragu) is to have the sauce simmering for 2 hours to reduce and intensify the flavours, and to add a little sugar to counteract any acidity the tomato passata may have. The meat can be cut with your fork and the flavours of the sauce marry well with the simplicity of the spaghetti. This is comfort food at its best!