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Osso Buco alla Milanese with Risotto Milanese & Gremolata

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Shanks too big for the bowl: braise in a lidded oven dish; Thermomix makes the soffritto, gremolata and risotto.
Kids: Kid portion is half; same full-flavour dish.
Ingredients
- 4 veal shanks, 4 cm thick (~1.4 kg (about 4 shanks))
- 40 g (about ¼ cup) plain flour
- 60 g (about ¼ cup) butter + 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion + 1 carrot + 1 celery stalk
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 cup (250 ml) dry white wine
- 1 tin (400 g (about 2¼ cups chopped)) crushed tomatoes
- 1½ cups (375 ml) veal or chicken broth
- 1 lemon zest + 2 cloves garlic + parsley (gremolata)
- 320 g (about 1⅔ cups) arborio or carnaroli
- 4 cups (1 L) hot broth (risotto)
- 0.3 g (about ½ tsp threads) saffron threads
- 60 g (about ⅔ cup grated) Parmigiano
- 50 g (about 2¾ tbsp) cold butter (risotto)
Steps
- Tie shanks round with string, dust in flour, brown well in a heavy ovenproof casserole with 30 g (about 1⅔ tbsp) butter + oil.
- Put onion, carrot, celery, 6 garlic in the bowl. Chop. Add 30 g (about 1⅔ tbsp) butter, sauté lid cap off. 5 sec/speed 5 7 min/120°C/speed 1
- Add soffritto to the casserole with 1 cup (250 ml) wine, tomatoes and 1½ cups (375 ml) broth. Cover, braise in the oven 2 h/160°C until falling off the bone.
- Gremolata: lemon zest, 2 garlic, parsley in the clean bowl. Chop. Set aside. Grate 60 g (about ⅔ cup grated) Parmigiano. 3 sec/speed 7
- Risotto: 320 g (about 1⅔ cups) rice, 20 g (about 1 tbsp) butter. Toast lid cap off, then add 4 cups (1 L) broth + saffron soaked in a little broth. 3 min/120°C/reverse/speed 1 16 min/100°C/reverse/speed soft
- Rest 2 min, beat in 50 g (about 2¾ tbsp) cold butter and Parmigiano (mantecatura). Plate risotto, shank, sauce, gremolata. Kids and adults: dig out the marrow.
- Portion & store: makes ~4 adult portions (1 shank + risotto); a kid portion is half. Leftover shanks in sauce: 1-portion containers. Fridge 3 days (osso buco); freezer 3 months (osso buco only).
Dark settings like 5 min/100°C/speed 1 are Thermomix TM7 time/temperature/speed. Unfamiliar word? See the glossary.