Osso buco is a classic Italian dish that is made with braised veal shanks. It is typically served with a flavorful sauce, often made with vegetables, herbs, wine, and broth. The addition of mushrooms to the sauce, which adds a savory and earthy flavor to the dish, can make it even more special. This guide will provide you with all the information you need to create a delicious and memorable osso buco with mushroom sauce. We'll start by discussing the ingredients you'll need, including the best cuts of veal shanks and the types of mushrooms that are ideal for this dish. Then, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of preparing the osso buco, from browning the shanks to creating the flavorful sauce. Finally, we'll offer some tips on serving and garnishing the dish to make it extra special.
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OSSO BUCO
Get Giada De Laurentiis' classic Osso Buco recipe, braised low and slow until the veal is fall-off-the-bone tender, from Everyday Italian on Food Network.
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 2h15m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
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.
OSSO BUCO PORTOBELLO
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, one pot, main course
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Season flour with salt and pepper. Spread on a plate and dust osso buco with it. In a 4- to 5-quart casserole, heat 3 tablespoons oil on medium high. Add meat and brown on both sides. Remove. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes, until they start to wilt and no longer look dry. Remove.
- Add remaining tablespoon oil to pot, reduce heat to low and sauté shallots and garlic until just starting to brown. Deglaze with wine and stock. Season generously with pepper. Stir in vinegar. Return meat and mushrooms to pot, add thyme, cover and cook on very low about 1 hour 15 minutes, basting meat a few times, until meat is tender.
- Season sauce with salt as needed. Transfer meat, mushrooms and sauce to a warm platter, garnish with thyme sprigs and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 574, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 15 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 62 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 1270 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
OSSO BUCO
This is a very tender veal dish with a flavorful tomato and herb sauce. It takes a while to prepare, but does not require much attention while cooking.
Provided by Amy Augustyniak
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 2h50m
Yield 7
Number Of Ingredients 16
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 251.3 calories, Carbohydrate 10.6 g, Cholesterol 83.2 mg, Fat 14.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 19.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 947.9 mg, Sugar 3.3 g
TRADITIONAL OSSO BUCO
This recipe is a traditional but simple way of cooking Osso Buco (veal shanks). The white wine is a must in this dish.
Provided by PICKLEDPOSSUM
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 1h50m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 477.7 calories, Carbohydrate 17.6 g, Cholesterol 200.6 mg, Fat 19.8 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 46.9 g, SaturatedFat 9.8 g, Sodium 467 mg, Sugar 6 g
OSSO BUCO WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 275°F.
- In a heavy ovenproof kettle large enough to hold veal shanks in one layer heat 1 tablespoon each of oil and butter over moderately high heat until foam begins to subside and sauté onion and celery until beginning to turn golden.
- Pat shanks dry between paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Arrange shanks on onion mixture and roast, covered tightly, in middle of oven 3 hours. (Meat will give off juices as it cooks.) Shanks may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered. Reheat shanks before proceeding.)
- Cut mushrooms into 1/4-inch-thick slices. in a large skillet heat remaining 2 tablespoons each of oil and butter over moderately high heat until foam begins to subside and sauté mushrooms with thyme and salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until mushrooms begin to give off their liquid. Stir in vermouth or wine and lemon juice and cook, stirring, until all but about 1/3 cup liquid is evaporated. Mushrooms may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before chilling, covered.
- Transfer shanks to a platter and keep warm. Transfer onions, celery, and pan juices to a blender with 1/2 cup water and purée until smooth, adding more water if necessary to thin sauce to desired consistency. Pour sauce into a saucepan and stir in mushroom mixture, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Heat sauce over moderate heat until heated through and stir in parsley.
- Arrange shanks on couscous and spoon sauce over them.
OSSO BUCO ALLA GINO
Steps:
- Saute onion in half of the butter in a wide shallow skillet until soft and golden. Dust the veal shanks with flour, and then fry them in the same skillet, turning several times until they are golden on all sides. Stand them on their side to prevent the marrow in the bones from slipping out during cooking.
- Add the fresh mushrooms, carrots, celery and season with salt and pepper. Add sage and simmer for 4 minutes. Add the wine and let evaporate. Add the tomatoes and veal stock and simmer gently for about 1 hour, or until cooked and tender. Add more wine if sauce reduces too quickly.
OSSO BUCO WITH GREMOLATA
This is my favorite Osso Buco. It seems like a lot of work, but it's well worth the effort. The classic garnish for osso buco is gremolata which is a mix of grated lemon zest, parsley and garlic. This recipe is in The Italian Collection cookbook from The Best of Food & Wine.
Provided by Mary Close
Categories Veal
Time 2h15m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 535.4, Fat 17, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 221.2, Sodium 343.2, Carbohydrate 24.3, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 6.1, Protein 58.5
OSSO BUCO CON SALSA DI FUNGHI
Make and share this Osso Buco Con Salsa Di Funghi recipe from Food.com.
Provided by MsPia
Categories Veal
Time 3h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 275°F
- In a heavy ovenproof kettle large enough to hold veal shanks in one layer heat 1 tablespoon each of olive oil and butter over moderately high heat until foam begins to subside and saute onion and celery until beginning to turn golden.
- Pat shanks dry between paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Arrange shanks on onion mixture and roast, covered tightly, in middle of oven 3 hours. (Meat will give off juices as it cooks.) Shanks may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered. Reheat shanks before proceeding.)
- Cut mushrooms into 1/4-inch-thick slices. in a large skillet heat remaining 2 tablespoons each of olive oil and butter over moderately high heat until foam begins to subside and saute mushrooms with thyme and salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until mushrooms begin to give off their liquid.
- Stir in vermouth or wine and lemon juice and cook, stirring, until all but about 1/3 cup liquid is evaporated. Mushrooms may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before chilling, covered.
- Transfer shanks to a platter and keep warm.
- Transfer onions, celery, and pan juices to a blender with 1/2 cup water and puree until smooth, adding more water if necessary to thin sauce to desired consistency.
- Pour sauce into a saucepan and stir in mushroom mixture, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Heat sauce over moderate heat until heated through and stir in parsley.
- Arrange shanks on couscous and spoon sauce over them.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 201.5, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 4.7, Cholesterol 15.3, Sodium 23, Carbohydrate 21.3, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 8.1, Protein 3.8
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients for the best flavor. Grass-fed beef, fresh vegetables, and a good quality red wine will make a big difference.
- Brown the meat well before adding the liquid. This will help to develop the flavor and color of the dish.
- Don't be afraid to add more vegetables. Osso buco is a great way to get your daily dose of veggies. Carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes are all great additions.
- Simmer the osso buco for at least 2 hours, or until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender. The longer you simmer it, the more flavor the meat will have.
- Serve osso buco with a side of mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta.
Conclusion:
Osso buco is a delicious and hearty stew that is perfect for a cold winter night. It is also a great way to use up leftover beef bones. With a little planning and effort, you can easily make this classic Italian dish at home. So next time you're looking for a comforting and flavorful meal, give osso buco a try. You won't be disappointed!
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