Instructions: This recipe is prepared in minutes, yet tastes like you spent hours on it.

Use an excellent quality sauce, as it is the foundation of the dish.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place the lamb shanks in a Dutch oven. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over shanks. Bake, covered, for 2 1/2 hours in preheated oven. Basil polenta is an ideal accompaniment, but pasta, rice, or bread works well-as long as you have something with which to soak up the rich, full-bodied sauce.

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