Osso Bucco is an Italian Dish made with braised shanks. It is the lower part of the leg surrounded by delicious robust meat. Traditionally Osso Bucco is made with veal shanks, but I really like it prepared with Pork Shanks.
John and I enjoy good wholesome food, and Osso Bucco has always been on the top of our list. We have tried different recipes for Osso Bucco, but I always come back to the one from my cookibg bible “Joy of Cooking.” This recipe for Osso Bucco may sound complicated, but it is very easy. All you have to do is sear the meat and slowly cook the meat in a braising liquid in a dutch oven in a 350 degree oven.
Ingredients
4-6 meaty slices of Circle B Ranch Osso Bucco cut 1.5 inches thick
Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven. Add the shanks and brown on both sides.
Remove the shanks from the dutch oven. Reduce the heat to medium, and add the carrots, onions, celery and garlic. Cook and stir until the vegetables have softened-5 to 10 minutes.
Add the wine, chicken stock, salt and black pepper. Add the shanks back to the stock and bring to a boil
With the lid back on the pot put the Dutch oven into the oven and cook the shanks for one to two hours, or until fork-tender.
Remove the Dutch oven from the oven and prepare the Gremolata.
Gremolata
Check the shanks that they are fully cooked. Take the shanks out of the pot. Reduce the liquid in the Dutch Oven by half and add the gremolata, a classic Northern Italian seasoning. Return shanks to the pot.
