Level: Intermediate
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
Osso Buco:
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 4 pieces veal shank for osso bucco
* Extra-virgin olive oil
* 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 1 onion, diced
* 1 celery stalk, diced
* 2 carrots, diced
* 1 lemon, zest peeled off in wide strips with a vegetable peeler
* 1 head garlic, cut horizontally through the middle
* 2 bay leaves
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
* 1 bottle Amarone wine
* 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can low-sodium beef broth
* 1 (28-ounce) can whole San Marzano tomatoes, hand-crushed
Cranberry Gremolata:
* 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
* 1/4 cup chopped dried cranberries
* 2 garlic cloves
* 1 orange, zest finely grated
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Directions
Put the flour in a large shallow platter and season it with a fair
amount of salt and pepper. Get in the habit of always tasting your
flour; once it coats the veal it is harder to adjust the seasoning.
Dredge the veal shanks in the seasoned flour and then tap off the
excess (extra flour will burn and make the dish off-tasting).
Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat and hit it with a 3-count
drizzle of oil. Add the butter and swirl it around the pan to melt.
Sear the veal shanks, turning carefully with tongs, until all sides
are a rich brown caramel color. Drizzle with a little more oil, if
needed. (Do this in batches if the shanks are big and look crowded in
the pot.) Remove the browned veal shanks to a side plate. There will
be a lot of flavor left over in the bottom of the pot. You're going to
use that to create your sauce.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Using the same pot, saute the onion, celery, carrots, lemon zest,
garlic, bay leaves, and parsley over medium heat. Cook the vegetables
down until they start to get some color and develop a deep, rich
aroma. Season with salt and pepper; add a little oil if needed. Nestle
the veal shanks back in the pot. Pour in the wine and let it simmer
down for 20 minutes, until the wine has reduced by half. Reducing is
key for intense flavor. Add the beef broth and tomatoes and stir
everything together. Cover the pot and put it in the oven. Braise for
1 and a 1/2 hours. Then remove the cover and continue to cook for
another 30 minutes. The sauce should be thick and the veal tender and
nearly falling off the bone.
Remove bay leaves.
For the gremolata:
Finely chop the pine nuts, dried cranberries and combine. Combine this
with the garlic together in a mini chopper or with a mortar and
pestle. Fold that into the orange zest and parsley. Scatter the
gremolata over the Osso Bucco before serving.
From: foodnetwork.com
