Indulge in the delectable flavors of braised veal shanks, a classic dish that exudes both elegance and comfort. This culinary masterpiece showcases tender veal shanks braised to perfection in a rich and flavorful broth, accompanied by a medley of colorful root vegetables. Carrots, parsnips, and turnips add a symphony of flavors and textures, creating a hearty and satisfying meal.
The recipe begins with searing the veal shanks to develop a deep golden brown crust, locking in their natural juices. They are then braised in a flavorful broth made with red wine, beef broth, and aromatic vegetables, ensuring a fall-off-the-bone tenderness. The addition of herbs and spices, such as thyme, rosemary, and bay leaves, elevates the dish, infusing it with a captivating aroma.
As the veal shanks braise, the root vegetables are roasted separately, caramelizing their natural sugars and enhancing their sweetness. When combined, the tender veal shanks and roasted vegetables create a harmonious balance of flavors and textures, making this dish a true delight for the senses.
This recipe also offers variations to cater to different preferences and dietary needs. For a richer and more decadent experience, consider adding a dollop of red wine demi-glace or a touch of heavy cream to the braising liquid. If you prefer a lighter version, substitute dry white wine for the red wine and use low-sodium beef broth.
Whether you're hosting a special occasion dinner or simply craving a comforting and flavorful meal, this braised veal shanks recipe is sure to impress. Its delectable flavors and classic presentation make it a timeless dish that will leave you and your guests savoring every bite.
ORANGE-BRAISED CARROTS & PARSNIPS
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
- Trim and scrub or peel the carrots and parsnips. If the parsnips are thick, slice them in half or quarters lengthwise so they are about the same width as the carrots.
- Place the carrots and parsnips in a pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset, that's large enough for the vegetables to lie flat. Add the shallots, orange zest, 3/4 cup of the orange juice, the olive oil, thyme, red pepper flakes, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.
- Place the pot on the stove and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cover tightly with a lid or heavy-duty foil. Transfer to the oven and cook for 1 1/2 hours, until the carrots and parsnips are very tender. Discard the thyme bundle. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of orange juice and the parsley and season to taste. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS
Veal shanks turn meltingly tender when slowly braised in wine and vegetables. It's comfort food at its best.
Provided by Kathy Kingsley
Categories Entree
Time 2h20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 325 F. If not already done by butcher, tie a single strand of kitchen twine around meat to hold it to the bone during cooking.
- Coat shanks with flour and shake off excess.
- In a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven or casserole (with a lid) large enough to hold meat in a single layer, heat butter and oil over medium heat.
- Brown shanks on tops and bottoms for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
- Remove shanks to a plate.
- Add onion and garlic to pot and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring often, or until onion is softened.
- Add wine, salt, pepper, thyme, and rosemary. Bring to a gentle boil, scraping up browned bits on the bottom of the casserole.
- Remove from heat and arrange meat in a single layer, cut-side up, in casserole. Spoon a little of the liquid over top of meat.
- Cover (if lid does not cover tightly, cover first with foil, then with lid) and bake for 2 hours, or until meat is very tender.
- Optional: While shanks are cooking, make gremolata. Mix parsley, lemon zest, and garlic in a small bowl.
- Remove pot from oven and carefully lift shanks from cooking liquid to serving platter. Skim and discard fat from liquid, then spoon cooking liquid around shanks.
- Sprinkle gremolata over shanks. Insert rosemary sprigs in the marrow of each shank, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 666 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 338 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 85 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Sodium 458 mg, Sugar 2 g, Fat 25 g, ServingSize 4 veal shanks (4 to 6 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS
Steps:
- Make shanks:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
- Pat shanks dry. Stir together flour, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper on a sheet of wax paper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. While oil heats, dredge 4 shanks in flour mixture, shaking off excess. Brown shanks in oil on all sides, turning with tongs, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a large (17- by 12- by 2-inch) roasting pan. Add 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and repeat with remaining 4 shanks. Discard remaining flour mixture.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and cook onion, garlic, anchovies, bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Add wine and boil, scraping up any brown bits, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, water, zest strips, and remaining teaspoon salt and bring to a boil, then pour mixture over shanks. Tightly cover pan with foil and braise in oven 1 hour. Turn shanks over, cover, and continue to braise until meat is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours more.
- Remove from oven and skim fat from surface of sauce, then transfer shanks and sauce to a large platter. Discard bay leaves.
- Make gremolata:
- Stir together parsley, grated zests, and garlic and sprinkle over shanks.
THE BEST EVER TURNIPS
Steps:
- Bring a lot of salted water to a boil and parboil the turnips for 7 minutes; add the garlic and boil 1 minute longer; drain.
- Melt 8 to 12 tablespoons of butter and cook the garlic and turnips, covered, over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Transfer turnips and garlic to a food processor and puree until smooth, adding 4 more tablespoons butter with the machine turned on. Season well with salt and pepper and, if made in advance, reheat in a double boiler.
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS WITH GREMOLATA
This is a great dish that I love making in the cooler months. Its richness warms the soul and the brightness of the gremolata wakes the whole dish up. Like with all braises don't forget to baste like a madman..errr person!!!
Provided by Michael Symon : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 4h30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Coarse sea salt, for garnish, optional For the braised veal shanks: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Heat the olive oil in a large enameled cast-iron Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Dredge the shanks in the flour, making sure to get off any excess. Add the shanks to the pan, in batches if necessary, and cook on all sides until browned, 3 to 4 minutes each side. Transfer to a plate. If browning in batches, repeat with the remaining shanks. Add the onions, carrots, celery, coriander, 1 teaspoon salt, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, rosemary and chiles to the pan and cook over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until glossy, about 2 minutes. Add the wine, scraping to deglaze the pan. Add the chicken stock and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Taste the simmering braising liquid at this point; it should taste seasoned. Return the shanks to the pan, cover and braise in the oven until the meat is very tender, 3 to 4 hours.
- For the gremolata: When almost ready to serve, combine the parsley, olive oil, lemon zest and juice, salt and garlic in a small bowl. Stir to combine. To serve, remove the shanks to a serving platter and spoon the sauce and braising vegetables over the top of them. Sprinkle with a little bit of sea salt and garnish with gremolata.
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS WITH ROSEMARY AND THYME
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place all purpose flour in shallow bowl. Sprinkle both sides of veal shank pieces with salt and pepper. Dredge each veal piece in flour, shaking off excess. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Add veal pieces to pot, arranging in single layer, and sautéuntil brown, about 6 minutes per side. Using tongs, transfer veal pieces to plate.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to pot. Add onion, carrot, celery, thyme sprigs, rosemary sprig and bay leaf and sautéuntil vegetables brown, about 12 minutes. Season vegetables to taste with salt and pepper. Place veal atop cooked vegetables in pot and pour chicken stock over. Bring to simmer; cover and place in oven. Cook until veal is very tender, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Transfer 1 veal piece to each of 6 plates. Spoon excess fat off sauce, if desired. Spoon sauce and vegetables over veal and serve immediately.
STOVETOP-BRAISED CARROTS AND PARSNIPS
In this simple side dish, carrots and parsnips are simmered in a few pats of butter and a splash of water until tender, then hit with a dash of lemon juice and a sprinkling of fresh herbs. Use the smallest carrots and parsnips you can find; the smaller, the sweeter.
Provided by Mark Bittman And Sam Sifton
Categories easy, side dish
Time 1h
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine all ingredients except lemon juice and garnish in a skillet with a cover; add a quarter cup of water. Bring to a boil, then cover and adjust heat so mixture simmers gently. Check every few minutes and add more water if necessary.
- Cook until the vegetables are tender and the liquid is almost gone, about a half-hour. Uncover and boil off remaining liquid if necessary, then taste and adjust seasoning, adding lemon juice as needed. Garnish and serve hot, warm or at room temperature.
WHOLE BRAISED VEAL SHANKS
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- On a cutting board, use the side of your chef's knife to smash together the chopped garlic and the rosemary to make a coarse paste. Cut several deep holes in the veal shanks with a paring knife-really stab them! Using your index finger, stuff the holes with the rosemary-garlic mixture; this will perfume the shanks with a beautiful aroma while they braise.
- Season the shanks generously with salt. Coat a large sauté pan with olive oil and bring to high heat. Add the shanks to the pan and brown well on all sides; this may take up to 20 minutes. Don't skimp on this step-this is where the big, rich, brown flavors start to develop, so take your time!
- While the shanks are browning, put the onions, carrots, celery, apples, and the remaining 3 cloves of smashed garlic in a food processor and purée to a coarse paste; reserve.
- When the shanks are very brown, transfer them to a roasting pan. Ditch the fat, add a bit of fresh olive oil, and add the puréed veggies and apples to the sauté pan. Season generously with salt and cook until the mixture is very brown and aromatic, 8 to 10 minutes. Again, don't skimp here-you want the veggies to form a crust on the bottom of the pan. This is where more of that lovely brown flavor develops, so take your time.
- Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring frequently, until it starts to brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the wine, bring it to a boil (BTB), and stir frequently until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Then transfer everything to the roasting pan with the shanks. Add about 1/2 cup water to the sauté pan to help release any of that good crud stuck to the bottom, then add it to the roasting pan.
- Add 4 to 5 more cups water to the roasting pan and stir to combine; the mix should be pretty soupy. Taste and add more salt if needed, then toss in the bay leaves and the thyme bundle.
- Put the pan in the oven and cook for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, turning the shanks every 30 minutes, stirring and adding more water if the liquid reduces too much. If the shanks brown too much during the cooking time, tent the pan with aluminum foil. When the shanks are done they should be incredibly tender and flavorful.
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS
Provided by James Peterson
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- In a pan just large enough to hold them in a single layer, brown the veal shanks on both sides in oil over high heat. Remove the shanks, discard the oil, and return the shanks to the pan.
- Pour over enough white wine to come a quarter of the way up the sides of the shanks. Simmer over medium heat until only a couple of tablespoons of liquid remain in the bottom of the pan.
- Add julienned carrots, leeks, and turnips to the pan and pour over enough veal or chicken broth or water to come about halfway up the sides of the shanks. Bring to a gentle simmer on the stove.
- Cover the pan and bake at 325°F for 2 hours, or until the shanks offer no resistance when poked with a skewer; the julienned vegetables will be meltingly tender. Check periodically to make sure the liquid isn't boiling; a bubble should rise to the surface only every 2 or 3 seconds.
- Carefully transfer the shanks to individual soup plates, place a mound of the julienned vegetables on each shank, and ladle over the hot braising liquid. (If the braising liquid seems to thin, reduce it slightly; if it seems greasy, transfer it to a saucepan and remove the fat with a spoon or small ladle or with a degreasing cup.)
BRAISED LAMB SHANKS WITH FENNEL, TOMATOES, TURNIPS AND CARROTS
Categories Lamb Tomato Braise Marinate High Fiber Fennel Leek Carrot Turnip Red Wine Winter Parsley Jam or Jelly Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- For topping: Mix all ingredients in medium bowl to blend. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
- For lamb: Whisk chicken broth, beef broth, 1/2 cup wine, 1/3 cup currant jelly, herbes de Provence, vinegar and garlic in large glass baking dish to blend. Add lamb shanks; turn to coat. Cover and chill overnight, turning occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Remove lamb from marinade; reserve marinade. Pat lamb dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Working in batches, add lamb; cook until brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer to large roasting pan. Add all vegetables to roasting pan.
- Pour reserved marinade into same skillet. Bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Pour over lamb. Cover; bake until lamb and vegetables are very tender, turning occasionally, about 2 hours. Using slotted spoon, transfer lamb and vegetables to large serving bowl. Tent with foil.
- Spoon fat off top of cooking liquid. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour. Stir until golden, about 5 minutes. Whisk in cooking liquid. Add 1/3 cup wine, 1/3 cup jelly and tomato paste. Boil until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, whisking occasionally, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce, then topping, over lamb and vegetables.
BRAISED VEAL SHANKS
Steps:
- Make stew:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat to 350°F.
- Bring demiglace to a simmer in a 1-quart saucepan over moderate heat. Remove from heat and keep warm, partially covered.
- Pat shanks dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dredge shanks in flour to coat, shaking off excess. Heat oil in a 5- to 6-quart wide heavy ovenproof pot over moderately high heat until just smoking, then brown shanks on all sides, about 10 minutes total, and transfer with tongs to a plate. Add butter to pot and heat until foam subsides, then sauté onions, carrots, celery, and garlic, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 9 minutes.
- Add wine, scraping up any brown bits, then add warm demiglace, tomatoes, and bay leaf. Return shanks (with any juices accumulated on plate) to pot and bring liquid to a boil, then cover pot and braise shanks in oven until meat is very tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Carefully transfer shanks with a slotted spoon to a clean plate and keep warm, loosely covered with foil. Skim fat from sauce, then simmer, uncovered, on top of stove, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper and add shanks, then cook over low heat until heated through. (Discard strings and bay leaf before serving.)
- Make gremolata:
- Stir together parsley, zest, rosemary, and thyme and sprinkle over osso buco just before serving.
- *Available at specialty foods shops and cooking.com.
BRAISED ROAST OF VEAL WITH TURNIPS
This veal roast, served with its natural juices, is an ideal example of good home cooking. It would be difficult to duplicate this recipe in a restaurant, where several roasts would have to be prepared, and the sauce for each extended. Also, whereas the vegetables around the roast are served here, in a restaurant they would be intended only to flavor the roast and would be removed before the roast was served, and other vegetables served instead as a garnish.
Provided by Jacques Pepin
Categories dinner, roasts, main course
Time 1h15m
Yield Six servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a Dutch oven (cast-iron or enamel) and, when hot, brown the roast on all sides over moderate heat for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the meat, sprinkle with one teaspoon of the salt and a half teaspoon of the pepper, and set aside.
- Place the vegetables and bouquet garni in the pan and brown, stirring, over medium heat for about five minutes, then mix in the remaining salt and pepper.
- Return the roast to the pan, arranging it on top of the vegetables. Add a third of a cup of water, cover closely with a piece of parchment or waxed paper and put the lid on the pan. Place in a 350-degree oven for one and a half hours, basting or turning the roast in its juices about every 20 minutes.
- Serve the roast, sliced, with the natural juices and surrounded by the cooked vegetables, on a large, warm platter.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 392, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 14 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 39 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 803 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
VEAL SHANKS WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SAGE
Categories Beef Herb Onion Sauté Beef Shank Veal Fall Sage Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sprinkle veal with salt and pepper. Combine flour and dried sage in shallow bowl. Set 3 tablespoons flour mixture aside. Dredge veal in remaining flour mixture to coat; shake off excess. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large very wide pot over medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook veal until brown, about 7 minutes per side. Transfer veal to bowl.
- Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in same pot. Add onions and sauté until beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and sauté onions until very deep brown, about 35 minutes longer. Add garlic and sauté 5 minutes. Add whole sage leaves and reserved 3 tablespoons flour mixture; stir 2 minutes. Add wine; bring to boil.
- Arrange veal in single layer in pot. Add broth. Cover and simmer over medium-low heat until meat is very tender but does not fall off bone, about 1 hour 45 minutes. Uncover; simmer until juices thicken enough to coat spoon, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Place 1 veal shank on each plate. Spoon sauce and onion mixture over. Sprinkle with additional fresh sage.
Tips:
- Brown the veal shanks well: This will help to develop flavor and color.
- Use a good quality red wine: The wine will add depth of flavor to the braising liquid.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: The veal shanks should be in a single layer in the pot so that they can brown evenly.
- Braise the veal shanks for at least 2 hours: This will allow the meat to become tender and fall off the bone.
- Serve the veal shanks with a variety of vegetables: Carrots, parsnips, and turnips are all good choices.
Conclusion:
Braised veal shanks are a delicious and comforting dish that is perfect for a special occasion. The meat is tender and fall-off-the-bone, and the vegetables are flavorful and hearty. This dish is sure to please everyone at your table.
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