Guinness lamb shanks

Back to Jamie's Great Britain.  I am slowly but surely reappraising my feelings about Jamie in general, slowly becoming a fan due to the fact that his recipes just work and seem to be full of flavour - I may have said this before and promptly forgotten!  So, I made this for my sister, who for medical reasons needs slow cooked meat, with a minimum of veg.  I therefore slightly adapted this recipe to make a much smoother gravy but it was absolutely beautiful.  

12 hour rabbit bolognese

This recipe takes delayed gratification to a new level! I made mine in the slow cooker so it is actually a 15 hour bolognese plus the hour it takes to delve around in CSI manner taking out the fiddly bones - but I've got to say that this was well worth it.  I only made this because my butcher wouldn't let me leave the shop without the whole rabbit when all I wanted was a saddle and 2 legs and on the way home remembered this recipe from Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Great Britain, also remember thinking at the time 'yeah right who's going to cook a rabbit for 12 hours Jamie?' - the answer is clearly someone who slavishly follows Nigel Slater and has leftovers from a rabbit salad.  Each recipe I try of Jamie's is generally on the money so when I finish Nigel I may move on to Jamie.