Friday dinner -Turkey Osso Bucco???

Why not cook this easy low in fat, slow cooked gluten free Turkey Osso Bucco tonight? This dish took me no time to prepare and it practically cooks on its self. You just need to clean and cut veggies and then put it all in a heavy-based saucepan, boil rice and mix 3 ingredients for your Gremolata, and that’s it.

Recipe
Ingredients for 4 servings

• 4 turkey osso bucco (or you can use thighs or legs if you can’t find osso bucco turkey meat)
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 1 big onion, chopped
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 small can peeled whole tomatoes
• 1 tomato (fresh), chopped (optional)
• 2 cups of turkey or chicken stock
• 3 cups dry white wine
• 1/2 cup of corn flour (100%), for thickening the sauce
• Butter or oil to fry the meat
• sea salt
• freshly ground pepper
• Wild rice mixture

Gremolata (garnish)

• 1/2 cup of chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• zest of 1 lemon

Preparation

1. Fry the osso bucco meat in the butter or a mix of butter and oil ind a deep heavy-based saucepan.

2. When the meat is fried, set a side.

3. Place the onion and garlic in the pan and cook until brown, then add the rest of the veggies (except the fresh chopped tomato), and fry for 5 min. Reduce the heat to medium.

4. Cook until vegetables are soft and golden brown, about 7 minutes. Add bay leaf and tomato paste and cook for about 30 seconds, to bring out the aromas. Add the tomatoes, chicken stock and wine and bring to a boil.

5. Place the turkey back into pan and make sure they are submerged at least halfway (if not, add more stock), add the fresh chopped tomato. Reduce to low heat and put the lid on, cook the osso bucco on your stove on low heat for about 1,5 – 2 hours until meat is nearly falling off the bone, stir occasionally in the pan so nothing burns.

6. If the sauce is too thin you can thicken it with corn flour, make sure there are no lumps by stirring well into the sauce with a meat fork or something similar. Stir carefully otherwise your meat and the veggies break up into a 1000 pieces.

Taste with sea salt and fresh gounded black pepper.

7. Combine all gremolata ingredients

Serve with a wild rice mixture and sprinkle the gremolata over osso buco before serving. This dish tastes good with a glass of Chardonnay white wine.

Salute and have a great weekend!!!