nice one micro softie!
i'll kick in the recipe for ossabuco as my dad learned it to me when i was 10 y/o
ok you take 4 or more veal shanks? ( its a piece of the leg sawn across ) well i'll post a pic,
1 cup of flour
1 can of polpabella canned tomatoes
a couple of carrots
2 red unions
1 lemon
50 cl of sweet italian wine ( german rheinwine is also ok )
parsley
basilicum
75 grams of butter,
a leaf of laurel,
4 lumps of garlic ( if ur not into garlic 2 will suffice )
first you rub em ( the veal) with flour and pepper ( preferably white pepper )
and cut the outer skin of the shank with a scissor about 1 cm ( this will keep it nice in shape because the outside tends to shrink )
you take a big frying pan and melt the butter, quickly bake the veal sealed, than lower the flame ad the chopped union ( big chunks ) the carrots in lumps and let it simmer for a few minutes,
add the polpabella juice and chunks ( diced )
chop the parsely in fine bits and juice the lemon, take the lemon peel and rasp it until you have about two table spoons of peel ( the yellow stuff is what you want )
the garlic is to be crushed and thrown in the broth ( for garlic lovers just mince it )
the parsley, lemon peel, laurel leaf and basilicum you put in a cloth or tea dumpler and hang it in the pan
and put in half of the wine and let it simmer on a very low fire with the lit on , after a while check on it and if its needed add the rest of the wine, let the sauce become a bit thick after about 60 mins its ok to eat, but best is 90mins,
serve with risotto, fresh ciabata, butter and fresh parsley
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