OTish - sourcing lamb shanks ....

Jethro_uk · 2019-12-05T10:35:03+00:00

Tried an ASDA own brand sous-vide style lamb shank in mint gravy last night. Very nice, and at £5 for the pair, a damn good bargain.HmmmmmA little basic maths makes it £2.50 shop price for each shank. If we accept the supermarket makes at least 10%, then they are buying them in for c. £2.25 each.Obviously the supplier has to get their wedge - say 10% again.So each prepared, cooked and packaged shank costs c. £2.00If we shrink by 10% again, that suggests the raw shanks can't be much more than £1.80 each before the whole thing becomes a money pit.So if I wanted to experiment sous-viding myself, WTF do you get raw lamb shanks at c.£2.00 each ?(I'm not going to comment on the fact that the labelling said it could be British or New Zealand lamb ...)

Dec 05, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 21 Replies

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Scott 6 years ago

This certainly introduces lateral thinking to the original question.

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Brian Reay 6 years ago

I can't claim the recipe. As I recall it was a Nigel Slater one.

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