I made a fantastic meal with all the mushrooms that I have been growing lately. It tasted delicious and Jeremy even ate some. It takes 3-4 hours to cook in the oven but the meat just falls off the bone and is such a great winter dish!
Osso Bucco with Mushrooms
6 pieces of veal osso bucco (veal or beef is fine)
1 kg mushrooms (I like a combination of swiss brown and button mushrooms)
2 medium onions quartered
2 cloves of garlic crushed
1/4 cup of white flour
1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
1 table spoon of chilli powder (optional, but gives it a kick)
Olive Oil
1 litre of beef or chicken stock
1/2 cup of red or white wine (you can be adventureous and put in cheap beer)
1/4 cup of tomato paste
Sprig of oregano
Sprig of Rosemary
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
Turn on the oven to 180 degrees fan forced.
On a plate, combine the flour, sweet paprika, chilli powder and mix it evenly together. Coat the osso bucco with this combination.
In an oven proof pot, drizzle olive oil and fry the the meat until golden brown. You might need to drizzle more oil as you fry in batches to prevent drying and sticking in the pot. If you put too much oil, it will float on the top of the pot once it’s cook and you’ll need to skim the oil out before eating it otherwise it will taste oily!
Once all the meat is cooked, place them all in the pot and put in the crushed garlic, onions, tomato paste, stock, wine, rosemary and oregano.
Bring to the boil on the stove and then put in the oven for 2 hours with the lid on. Make sure all the contents and liquid does not exceed more than 2/3 of the pot otherwise it will bubble over and you will have some cleaning to do in the oven.
After 2 hours, take the pot out of the oven and put in some salt/stock powder to add some flavour to the pot, add brown sugar and put in the mushrooms. Cook for a further 1.5 - 2 hours.
I like to serve it with potatoes (mashed or not) or for a healthier option, brown rice.
I actually forgot to take a photo of the final result as we were so hungry that we jumped on the pot and dug into it pretty quickly.
Serves 6.
