Osso Bucco with Tomatoes, Olives and Gremolata
 
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 8 to 10 veal shanks, each tied with kitchen string
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 medium onions, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
  • 1 small carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 (28 to 32 oz) diced tomatoes, with juice
  • 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted and halved
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons thyme leaves
  • 2 fresh flat leaf parsley sprigs
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon zest
  • salt and pepper
  • For the gremolata:
  • 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. Pat the veal shanks dry and season with salt and pepper. Then coat the veal shanks with flour, shake the excess flour off.
  3. Heat oil and 2 tablespoons of butter in an oven proof pan over moderately high heat until foam subsides. Then brown the shanks on both sides in batches. Set the browned shanks aside.
  4. Then reduce heat to moderate and add remaining butter to the pan along with onions, carrots, celery, garlic and cook until the onions are pale and golden, about 5 minutes.
  5. Add the remaining stew ingredients and bring to a boil.
  6. Arrange the shanks in one layer in your oven proof pot or roaster and top it off with the vegetables and herbs.
  7. Cover the pot or roaster and braise the shanks in the middle of the oven until tender for about 2½ hours.
  8. For the gremolata: stir together the parsley, garlic and lemon zest.
  9. To serve, remove the kitchen string and sprinkle the gremolata on top of the shanks.
Notes
Both times I made this dish, I prepped and cooked it the night before and then just reheated it for the dinner and it turned out great. To reheat, put the pot in the middle of the oven for about 45 minutes at 325F.
Recipe by sprinkles and sauce at https://sprinklesandsauce.com/osso-bucco-tomatoes-olives-gremolata/