Slow cooked veal shanks
Also known as osso buco, veal shanks are pan-seared, then slow cooked with vegetables in a beef stock until the meat falls off the bone. Enjoy with mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 900g veal shanks, cut into short lengths
- 4 tablespoons plain flour
- 50g butter
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 150ml dry white wine
- 150ml beef stock
- 1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes
- salt and pepper to taste
- 25g chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:1hr30min ›
Ready in:1hr50min
- Dust the veal shanks lightly with flour. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium to medium-high heat. Add the veal and cook until browned on the outside. Remove to a bowl and keep warm. Add two cloves of crushed garlic and onion to the frying pan; cook and stir until onion is tender. Return the veal to the pan and mix in the carrot and wine. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Pour in the tomatoes and beef stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 hours, basting the veal every 15 minutes or so. The meat should be tender, but not falling off the bone.
- In a small bowl, mix together the parsley, 1 clove of garlic and lemon zest. Mix into the veal just before serving.
Ingredients
Veal shanks can be purchased in your local butchers. You may need to pre-order them.
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I tried this recipe as written the first time and I have to admit it was very good, however when I mentioned it to a friend of Italian ancestry he suggested instead of butter, I brown the shanks in pancetta fat. I chopped up about a 1/4 lb. of pancetta, fried it, removed it from the pan, drained off all but about 2 tbls of the fat and browned the shanks. I removed the shanks and used the same fat to saute the onions, added the wine and deglazed the pan. I added the previously fried pancetta with the other ingredients. I know it's not as healthy but it was absolutely delicious. The one thing he told me was, do not subsitute bacon, it has to be pancetta. - 20 Oct 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This has to be one of the best osso i have eaten, even better than some that I have had at Italian restaurants. I made it exactly as the recipe describes for a family dinner and everyone wanted the recipe. I have tried others out there but none as delicious as this. Hmmm I have to admit the meat basically melts in your mouth. This definitly will become a family favourite. - 07 Jul 2005 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
An excellent recipe by itself. Like others, I doctored a bit with some herbs like bay leaf and herbs d'province. The best advice I can offer to really enhance the flavors is to prepare this a day ahead of time, let it cool slowly, refrigerate overnight and warm at 325 for an hour, tightly sealed. This always works for me with dishes that include bone with marrow - 11 Sep 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)