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Ossobuco

Name: Ossobuco
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 kg veal hind shanks (3 to 4), sawn into 4–5 cm rounds; salt and pepper, to taste; 140 g all-purpose flour, for dredging; 90 ml olive oil or neutral oil, for browning; 2 tbsp olive oil; 60 g carrots, sliced; 55 g onions, sliced; 240 ml dry white wine (or 180 ml dry white vermouth); 480 ml veal stock (or half chicken broth, half beef bouillon); 300 g ripe red tomatoes; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tsp dried basil; 1 orange; 1 lemon; 4 sprigs flat-leaf parsley; 300 g white rice, to serve; 300 g egg noodles, to serve; 600 g potatoes, boiled, to serve

Thick rounds of veal shank, floured and browned, then braised slowly in white wine, veal stock and tomato with blanched strips of orange and lemon zest, finished in a sauce reduced until concentrated and glossy.

Yield4 servings
Hands-on1 h
Total3 h
Difficulty

Ingredients

Veal

3 kgveal hind shanks (3 to 4), sawn into 4–5 cm rounds
to tastesalt and pepper
140 gall-purpose flour, for dredging
90 mlolive oil or neutral oil, for browning

Braise

2 tbspolive oil
60 gcarrots, sliced
55 gonions, sliced
240 mldry white wine (or 180 ml dry white vermouth)
480 mlveal stock (or half chicken broth, half beef bouillon)
300 gripe red tomatoes
2 clovesgarlic, crushed
1 tspdried basil
1orange
1lemon

To serve

4 sprigsflat-leaf parsley
300 gwhite rice, to serveoptional
300 gegg noodles, to serveoptional
600 gpotatoes, boiled, to serveoptional

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Celery
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Wheat
Rice
Olive
Grapes
Citrus fruits (any)
Orange
Lemon
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Potato (white)
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Carrot
Basil
Parsley
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Gelatin
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop
Dutch oven

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: moderate
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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