Osso Buco Don Tony

Name: Osso Buco Don Tony
Yield: serves 2
Ingredients: 2 veal shanks (about 2 pounds total); Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 cup chopped onion; 1/2 cup chopped carrot; 1/2 cup chopped celery; 2 ancho chiles, stemmed, seeded, and torn into pieces; 4 garlic cloves: 2 minced, 2 whole; 1 cup dry white wine; One 14.5-ounce can peeled tomatoes, with juice; 1/2 cup beef broth; 4 tablespoons grated lime zest (from 6 to 8 limes); 1/3 cup (packed) fresh cilantro leaves

December 20, 2011

My dad, Antonio (a.k.a. Tony), inspired this dish. Like a painter’s body of work, his culinary life is marked by distinct periods. When he went through an osso buco period, I decided that if I was going to be making a lot of osso buco, it was going to be a Mexican osso buco, spiked with lime, chiles, cilantro, and garlic.

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