Milk-Braised Lamb Shanks with Cracked Wheat Pilaf

Ingredients

• 4 lamb shanks tied with butcher twine
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• Olive oil as needed
• 4 shallots, peeled and halved
• 1 leek, washed and cut into half
• 4 4 celery stalks, halved
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1 quart half and half
• 1 chili, split
• 2 tablespoons coriander, pounded coarse
• 1 tablespoon black pepper, pounded coarse
• 6 green cardamom
• 4 black cardamom
• 2 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 piece ginger, pounded
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups cooked cracked wheat