Osso Bucco - Beef Shanks
photo by anniesnomsblog
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 beef shanks, cut 1 1/2 inches thick
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1 large onion
- 8 garlic cloves
- 3 celery ribs
- 3 large carrots, 1/2 inch
- 1 hot chili pepper, long
- 1⁄2 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sage
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup beef stock
- 3⁄4 cup red wine
- 4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
- 3 ounces pancetta
directions
- heat oven to 325 degrees.
- dredge the shanks in flour salt and pepper mixture.
- heat olive oil in stainless steel pan and brown beef shanks 2-3 minutes per side.
- Remove shanks from oil and add carrots onion garlic celery and pancetta stir together 2-3 minutes and.(pancetta can be fried prior to browning beef to crisp and add back in when adding zest).
- add the herbs and fry 2-3 minutes and then add the chilli pepper and orange zest and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- add the wine and deglaze the pan and boil for 3-4 minutes and then add beef stock and tomato.
- place the beef shanks in the mixture or place all in a dutch oven and place in the oven for 120 minutes.
Reviews
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I found this variation on Osso Bucco very tasty. However, I am a stickler for clear directions in recipes and these directions were terrible. If the first thing you are supposed to do is fry the pancetta, it should not be listed at the end of step 4. Also put it first in the list of ingredients. The onion -- if the directions are to be taken literally, we would put a whole onion into the pan. If we are supposed to chop it, should we chop it coarse, medium or fine? Same for the celery and garlic cloves. Are the vegetables meant to be chunky, or cut so fine they disappear in the sauce? I agree with a previous reviewer that orange zest does not belong in this recipe. Lastly, I found 120 minutes was not enough time... for real tenderness you need to cook this for 3 hours. Also, for me, the liquid never thickened even though I dredged the shanks in flour. It was more like Osso Bucco soup. The taste was delicious, but overall this is not a good recipe.
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This was very good and very tender. Got the beef shanks on sale at the supermarket for $2.84 per lbs. Veal would have been 3x's more at the least and it would not have been any better than the beef shanks. Next time I will try with pork shanks, which is our favorite, but harder to find, for some reason.
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Loved it! The only thing I didn't have was the pancetta so I used bacon instead and I also cooked it at 325 for 4 hours because my shanks were pretty big and it took the extra time to get them tender. I served them with mashed sweet potatoes and chuckwagon corn (corn, red and green bell peppers and onions in the frozen food section). I also left off the chili pepper because spicy dosent agree with hubby. Thank you for another fantastic recipe!
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This is my second time making this recipe. Evidently, I forgot to review it the first time I made it. It is so rich in flavor. I served it with mashed potatoes, which I plan to do again tonight. This was a huge hit with my husband and me. Beef shanks are running around $4.99 to $6.99 a pound around here, so I don't buy them often. I will definitely make it again though. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
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