Osso Bucco

Okay as for the Osso Buco recipe

here goes..........

Osso Buco

1/4 cup flour (enough to coat the veal shanks)

8 veal shanks (Osso buco)

1/4 cup olive oil

1 brown onion (I used 2)

1 large carrot, diced

2 celery sticks diced

2 garlic cloves

1 cup white wine

400g tin diced tomatoes (I used two tins)

1/2 cup chicken stock (for the crock pot I only added the powder and not the water)

1 tablespoon thyme leaves (I prefer fresh)

2 dried bay leaves

Coat the meat in the flour, and quickly brown in the fry pan. Put into casserole dish, or crock pot. Fry the onions and garlic, so they are brown too. Add everything into the dish and cook for a couple of hours in the oven, or for 8 hours on auto in your crock pot.

I have paraphrased that recipe, I rarely follow a recipe to the letter. I always find that there is never enough liquid to my taste and dh's also, hence the added tomatoes. I left the lid off the crock pot for about half an hour to reduce the sauce slightly, I didn't add anything to thicken it.

I made the polenta too, it is delicious with it. I added the parmesan cheese, and I also added parsley and oregano too.