Osso Buco With Lemon And Sage Food

OSSO BUCO WITH LEMON-ORANGE GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dredge veal in flour, shaking off excess. In 5-quart Dutch oven or large flameproof casserole, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté veal about 7 minutes per side, or until golden brown. With slotted spoon transfer veal to plate.
• Add onion and garlic to Dutch oven, reduce heat to low, and cook about 7 minutes, or until onion is tender. Add wine, increase heat to medium and cook 2 minutes or until slightly reduced, scraping bottom of pan to dislodge any browned bits. Add tomatoes and their juice, broth, orange zest strips, orange juice, salt, sage, and rosemary and bring to a boil.
• Add veal, cover, and transfer pan to oven. Bake 1 1/2 hours, or until veal is tender.
• While veal is cooking make Lemon-Orange Gremolata: In small pan of boiling water, blanch 2 peeled garlic cloves for 2 minutes; drain and finely chop. In small bowl, stir together garlic, 1/2 cup chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon grated orange zest, and 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest.
• Serve veal sprinkled with gremolata.

OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Place the rosemary, thyme, bay leaf and cloves into cheesecloth and secure with twine. This will be your bouquet garni.
• For the veal shanks, pat dry with paper towels to remove any excess moisture. Veal shanks will brown better when they are dry. Secure the meat to the bone with the kitchen twine. Season each shank with salt and freshly ground pepper. Dredge the shanks in flour, shaking off excess.
• In a large Dutch oven pot, heat vegetable oil until smoking. Add tied veal shanks to the hot pan and brown all sides, about 3 minutes per side. Remove browned shanks and reserve.
• In the same pot, add the onion, carrot and celery. Season with salt at this point to help draw out the moisture from the vegetables. Saute until soft and translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato paste and mix well. Return browned shanks to the pan and add the white wine and reduce liquid by half, about 5 minutes. Add the bouquet garni and 2 cups of the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pan and simmer for about 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is falling off the bone. Check every 15 minutes, turning shanks and adding more chicken stock as necessary. The level of cooking liquid should always be about 3/4 the way up the shank.
• Carefully remove the cooked shanks from the pot and place in decorative serving platter. Cut off the kitchen twine and discard.
• Remove and discard bouquet garni from the pot.
• Pour all the juices and sauce from the pot over the shanks. Garnish with chopped parsley and lemon zest.

TRADITIONAL OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Dust the veal shanks lightly with flour. Melt the butter in a large skillet 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 skillet; 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. Sprinkle the gremolata over the veal just before serving.

OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, stir together flour, salt, and black pepper. Dredge meat in seasoned flour. In a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium heat. Brown meat. Remove meat from pan, and set aside.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to drippings in pan. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, water, basil, thyme, parsley, and bay leaf. Return meat to pan. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer. Cover, and cook for 2 1/2 hours.

OSSO BUCO WITH LEMON AND SAGE

Steps:

• In a heavy casserole, soften the onion in two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add the garlic and lemon peel and cook for two to three minutes.
• Meanwhile, dredge the veal shanks in flour, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and saute the shanks a few at a time until they are lightly browned on all sides. Add them to the casserole.
• Pour the fat from the skillet. Add the white wine and scrape up the coagulated cooking juices. Add the stock, tomatoes, sage, salt and pepper. The liquid should cover the veal. If it does not, add more stock.
• Cover the casserole and simmer over low heat for two hours, or until the veal is very tender. If there is too little liquid during cooking time, add more. If there is too much, when the shanks are done remove them to a heated serving dish. Bring the liquid to boil over high heat until it has reduced and thickened. Pour it over the shanks. Sprinkle with parsley.

OSSO BUCO WITH GREMOLATA

Steps:

• In a large flame proof casserole, melt the butter in the oil over moderate heat.
• Dredge the veal in the flour and shake off any excess. Working in batches, saute veal on all sides until golden brown. Do not crowd the pan. Remove to a bowl.
• Add the onions, carrots, celery and garlic. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Place the veal on top of the vegetables, making sure the bones are upright. Sprinkle the marjoram, basil and thyme on top. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, white wine, chicken stock, strips of lemon zest, bay leaf and parsley sprigs. If necessary, add enough water to cover the shanks.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.
• Transfer the veal shanks to a heated platter, remove the strings and cover with foil to keep warm. Increase the heat to high and boil, stirring frequently until the sauce is reduced by half, about 20 minutes. Pour the sauce over the meat.
• Just before serving , combine the parsley, garlic and lemon zest to make the gremolata. Sprinkle over the top of the Osso Buco.

OSSO BUCO WITH BALSAMIC ONIONS

Steps:

• Combine onion, 1/2 cup wine, sugar, 1 teaspoons thyme and 1/4 teaspoons black pepper in a large Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium heat 20 minutes or until onion is soft, stirring occasionally. Add vinegar, cook uncovered, 15 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates and onions are caramelized. Remove 3/4 cup onion mixture; set aside.
• Sprinkle the veal with 1/4 teaspoons black pepper. Add 1 cup wine, 1 teaspoons thyme, veal, broth, red pepper, tomatoes, and garlic to pan; bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat and simmer 1 hour and 15 minutes, turning veal occasionally. Uncover and cook for 30 minutes. Stir in pasta and beans and simmer 15 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve with the reserved onion mixture, basil, and lemon zest.

OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt and pepper; dredge meat. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil on all sides. Place the shanks in a single layer in a Dutch oven or oblong baking dish; sprinkle with Italian seasoning and sage. Combine the carrots, onion, celery and garlic; sprinkle over meat. In a small bowl, whisk together wine, broth and tomato paste. Pour over vegetables. , Cover and bake at 325° for 2 hours or until fork-tender. Just before serving, combine gremolata ingredients; sprinkle over each shank. Serve immediately.

OSSO BUCO WITH ANCHOVIES AND SAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Dredge shanks in flour and shake off excess. Pour olive oil into a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add shanks and brown on both sides. Remove meat from pan, and place in large ovenproof casserole.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the oil in the pan. Add garlic, anchovies and sage, and saute for 2 minutes. Add white wine and bring to a boil, scraping bottom of the pan. Pour liquid over meat in casserole. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours, or until meat is soft.
• Remove meat to a serving platter. Pour juices in the casserole into a saucepan. There should be about 1 1/2 cups; if not, add chicken stock. Reduce liquid by half: about 10 to 15 minutes over high heat. Swirl in the butter, seasoning to taste, and pour liquid over the meat. Serve with assorted root vegetables.