Place the onion & garlic in TM bowl. Chop 5sec/Speed 9.
Scrape down the bowl.
Add stock, red wine, maple syrup, salt and star anise to the onion.
Place the lid on the TM bowl(MC OUT) and stack the deep Varoma dish on top of the lid.
Arrange the lamb shanks in the Varoma dish and cover with the lid.
Cook 60 min/Varoma/Speed 2.
Add 600gm water to the TM bowl. Repeat the cooking. 90 min/Varoma/Speed 2.
Remove the lamb from the TM and place into a serving dish.
Blend the sauce 1min - Start at speed 5 then gradually increase to speed 9.
Pour the sauce over the lamb shanks and serve with vegetables.
Notes
TIP:Lamb shanks can be pan-fried quickly prior to adding to the Varoma if you would like the outside meat to have a darker appearance. This is purely aesthetics and won't impact the flavour.