Beef shank ( Osso Bucco)

By Skookum13

Ingredients

• 3 T butter
• 1 Finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cups Thinly sliced carrots
• 1/4 cups Chopped celery
• 1 Minced garlic clove
• 3 lbs Veal shanks
• Salt and pepper
• Flour
• 1/4 cups Oil
• 2/3 cups White wine
• 1/2 c Beef stock
• 1/4 t Basil
• 1/4 t Thyme
• 2 Peeled and seeded tomatoes, chopped
• 1 Bay leaf

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in an oven proof casserole. Add onions,carrots, celery and garlic and saute over moderate heat. 10 minutes
Season veal shanks with salt and pepper and dust with flour
Heat oil in a skillet and brown veal shanks Add to casserole

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour most of the oil from skillet, add the wine and bring to boil, stirring. Boil until wine is reduced by half. Stir in rest of ingredients and pour over meat and veggies in casserole
Bring to boil. Cover and bake 1 1/4 hours basting occasionally
Serve with fettucini