Osso Buco
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Also known as Ossobuco alla Milanese
Veal shanks browned and braised until the meat falls off the bone and the marrow softens, finished with gremolata — raw lemon zest, garlic and parsley — scattered over at the table.
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- Servings
- 4 servings
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 2 h 30 min
- Total
- 2 h 55 min
Ingredients
Braise
- veal shanks4
plain flour3 tbsp
onions1
carrots1
celery sticks2
dry white wine250 ml
chicken stock500 ml
tinned chopped tomatoes200 g
butter40 g
olive oil2 tbsp
bay leaves1
salt
black pepper- kitchen string
Gremolata
lemons1
garlic cloves1
flat-leaf parsley1 handful
Instructions
Braise
- 01
Heat the oven to 160°C. Tie each round its middle with the so it holds together as it cooks.
- 02
Season with and and dust with , then brown hard in the and on both sides in a wide ovenproof casserole. Lift out.
- 03
Finely chop the , and and soften them in the same pan for 12 minutes without rushing.
- 04
Pour in the and reduce by half, scraping the base clean.
- 05
Add the , and , and lay the back in flat, in one layer, with the bone pointing up so the marrow stays in. The liquid should come two thirds up.
- 06
Cover and transfer to the oven for 2 hours, until a fork goes through the meat with no resistance.
- 07
Discard the leaf, and snip and remove the from each . If the sauce is thin, lift the shanks out and reduce it on the hob.
Gremolata
- 08
Finely grate the zest of the , then chop it together with the and until fine. Make it just before serving — it fades within the hour.
- 09
Scatter the over the at the table.
Notes
- Keep the shanks lying flat throughout. Turned on their edge, the marrow slides out into the sauce and you lose the best part.
- Gremolata goes on raw and last. Cooked into the sauce it tastes of nothing; raw, it cuts two hours of braised richness.
- The string is not decorative. Without it the shank falls apart in the pot and arrives as stew.
- In Milan osso buco is served with risotto alla milanese; see that recipe.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 620 kcal
- Protein
- 52 g
- Carbs
- 18 g
- Fat
- 34 g
Estimated from the ingredients.
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