How To Cook Italian Style Beef Osso Buco with Pappardelle and Gremolata

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  • Cook time
  • Difficulty medium
  • Serves 2
cooked beef osso bucco with pappardelle and gremolata

Ingredients

  • 2 pieces beef osso bucco
  • Olive oil for searing
  • 4 banana shallots, cut in half & sliced
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1 carrot diced
  • 1 tbls. Tomato paste
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 250 ml Chianti red wine
  • 150 ml beef stock
  • 2 Ripe tomatoes, skinned, deseeded & flesh diced
  • Corn flour mixed with a little cold water to thicken
  • 1 x 250g Pappardelle
  • For the Gremolata:
  • 1 lemon (zest only)
  • Small bunch parsley
  • 20 g Parmesan
  • 1 clove garlic
  • Few turns cracked black pepper

italian style beef osso bucco with pappardelle and gremolata recipe ingredients

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C or 140°C fan assisted (gas 3).
  2. In a heavy based roasting tray over a medium high heat sear the beef in a little olive oil on both sides, remove from the tray & cook the shallots, garlic & carrot until caramelised.
  3. Add the tomato paste & red wine & reduce to syrup then pour over the stock, bring to a boil & thicken with the corn flour mix before placing the beef back in the tray.
  4. Place in the oven covered & slow cook for 2½ to 3 hours, basting regularly with the stock until the beef is tender.
  5. Remove the beef from the stock, place on a warmed deep serving dish & cover with foil to keep warm.
  6. Pass the stock into a clean saucepan, reduce until you reach a rich sauce like consistency, add the diced tomato & pass the sauce back over the beef.
  7. For the gremolata simply mix the ingredients together & keep to one side.
  8. To cook the pasta bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil, add the pasta & cook for 4 to 5 minutes, drain & toss with a little olive oil.
  • Serve the osso bucco with the Pappardelle and generously sprinkle over the gremolata. Enjoy with a glass of Chianti.

cooked beef osso bucco with pappardelle and gremolata