Quick CardOssobuco alla Milanese
2 servings
Meat Broth
- 300 gbeef bones
- ½ stalkcelery, coarsely chopped
- ½carrot, coarsely chopped
- ¼onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 lwater, approximately
- extra virgin olive oil, a drizzle, to taste
Ossobuco
- 600 gcross-cut veal shanks (4 pieces of about 300 g)
- 125 gyellow onions, cut into wedges
- 25 gextra virgin olive oil
- 25 gdry white wine
- 25 g00 flour
- 20 gbutter
- fine salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
Gremolada
- 1 clovegarlic, peeled, green germ removed
- ½ buncha small bunch of flat-leaf parsley
- ½zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
- Meat Broth Heat the extra virgin olive oil, a drizzle in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the 300 g beef bones and toast them on both sides for 3 min to 4 min.
- Add the ½ stalk celery, ½ carrots and ¼ onions and sauté for 3 min to 4 min more.
- Pour in the 1 l water to cover, put the lid on and bring to the boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 2 h from the boil. Keep it hot for the braise.
- Ossobuco Heat a swirl of the 25 g extra virgin olive oil in a large sauté pan, add the 125 g yellow onions and stew them over medium-low heat for 15 min to 20 min.
- Pour in 13 g dry white wine and let the alcohol cook off completely, then lower the heat a little and cook the onions for 10 min more. Lift them out and set aside.
- Meanwhile, with scissors, make three short cuts through the membrane around the edge of each of the 600 g cross-cut veal shanks (4 pieces of about 300 g) so they stay flat as they cook.
- Season the 25 g 00 flour with fine salt and black pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge the shanks on both sides and shake off the excess.
- Add the rest of the oil and the 20 g butter to the onion pan. When the butter has melted and foams, lay in the shanks and brown them over medium-high heat without moving them, then turn and brown the other side. 10 min to 15 min
- Pour in the 13 g dry white wine and let it evaporate. Ladle in enough hot broth to almost cover the meat, then return the onions to the pan. 2 min
- Cover, lower the heat and braise for 55 min to 1 h, turning the shanks halfway through. Take the lid off for the last 10 min so the sauce reduces.
- Gremolada While the meat braises, drop the 1 clove garlic into boiling water for 2 min to tame it, then drain. You can skip this for a sharper gremolada. 100 °C
- Chop the garlic and the ½ bunch a small bunch of flat-leaf parsley together very finely. 3 min
- Once the ossobuco is done, turn off the heat, scatter the parsley and garlic over it and grate the ½ zest of 1 unwaxed lemons directly on top. Serve at once, spooning the sauce over the meat.
- Safety: Whole cuts of veal should reach 63 °C (145 °F) at the centre, then rest 3 minutes. (USDA FSIS)