Welsh Family Kitchen
Osso Buco
This is a favored "stand-alone" dish.
Ingredients:
1 sprig fresh rosemary (or 1 t dried rosemary)
1 sprig fresh thyme (or 1 t dried thyme)
1 bay leaf
1 dash ground cloves
2 veal shanks/person; ~1 lb/person
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1-2 small onions
all purpose flour for dredging
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1-2 small carrots
1-2 stalk celery
1-2 parsnips
1 T tomato paste
1 cup dry white wine
3 cups chicken stock
1-2 cups heavy cream
3 T Italian parsley, chopped
Procedures:
Cut the veggies; small for the celery and onion, larger for the carrots and parsnips.
Pat the veal shanks dry with paper towels and secure the meat to the bone with twine, if necessary. Season with salt and pepper and dredge the shanks in flour. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven until smoking and brown the shanks on all sides, about 3 minutes per side, remove and reserve.
In the same pot, add the onion, carrot, parsnips and celery. Season with salt and sauté until soft and translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato paste and mix well.
Add the white wine and garlic and reduce by half, about 5 minutes.
Return the browned shanks to the pan.
Add the rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, cloves and the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1.5 hours or until the meat is falling off of the bone. Check every 15 minutes, turning the shanks and adding more chicken stock as necessary. The level of liquid should always be about 3/4 the way up the shank.
When done, remove the meat and the bay leaf. Reduce the sauce until very thick. Add cream if necessary. Plate the meat and veggies and cover with sauce. Garnish with parsley.
Notes:
2024-05-17: We, again,used, 2 large shanks from Sprecher’s meats. More time is needed for such large shanks
2024-01-27: We used 2 huge veal shanks from the meat market, with leftover meat, veggies and sauce in separate containers to the freezer.
2023-02-11: An excellent batch with 2 large veal shanks from Sprecher’s.
2022-12-16: Made with 2 large veal shanks, and served with Norway Rutabaga.
2008-11-15: Added to our cookbook
06/07/2024
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