Slow Cooker Beef Shanks With Mushrooms and Potatoes

I found this recipe on another website and altered it to my liking. The beef falls off the bone and its juices are absorbed into the potatoes. This is one of my favorite crock pot dishes.

• Ready In: 10 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs  russian banana fingerling potatoes
• 16  ounces  sliced mushrooms
• 1⁄2  of a  white onion, sliced
• 4  beef shanks
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  cup dry red wine
• 3  tablespoons stone ground dijon mustard
• 1  teaspoon  balsamic vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1  tablespoon  chopped rosemary
• 1  tablespoon  chopped parsley
• 4  large garlic cloves, finely minced

Directions

1. Cut up the potatoes, mushrooms an onions. Place them in the slow cooker with beef shanks on top.
2. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Mix and pour over the beef.
3. Cook on High for 2 hours and then low for 6-8 hours.