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Veal osso buco, is an all time classic dish, and one of my favorites and the recipe couldn’t be simpler. The completed dish contains so many different flavors and textures within the meat, that you’d think you were eating three different meals all at once. In what other preparation do you get a wonderfully flavored piece of mouth watering veal, a delicate and complex sauce and the pièce de résistance- a scoop of heavenly marrow. Osso bucco literally means “hollow bone,” and our slow-cooking technique will reward each diner with a quarter sized piece of perfectly cooked marrow with their dish. Is it expensive? Absolutely. It does however, make a lavish, restaurant quality dinner with very little effort.

How do you make osso buco? Well, it’s quite simple. First, go to your butcher and get some beautiful veal shanks like these:

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