My mother made osso buco (veal) when I went to visit her a couple of weeks ago. Because she’s from Italy and it’s in her genes, she of course sent me home with all the leftovers.
I had a busy few days right then, so I threw it in the freezer because I wasn’t going to be able to eat it but I didn’t want it to go to waste.
Last night, I remembered I had it, but decided to make pasta with it instead of just heating it and eating it, so I just improvised a little.
I thawed it, then manually chopped it with a knife into an almost ground meat texture. Then I sautéed some onion in olive oil, tossed in the chopped meat and sauce that it had been in, threw in the marrow from the bones (obviously!), added about 1/3 cup of some puréed tomatoes I had left from making pizza the other night and maybe the same amount of wine. Cooked it downs quickly (the meat was already cooked, of course, so it didn’t take long), seasoned to taste, tossed it with some pappardelle (Rustichella d’Abruzzo), and a little Parmigiano-Reggiano in the sauce and on top.
Absolutely the tastiest pasta I’ve made in a while.
Highly recommend if you somehow find yourself with leftover osso buco!
by good-good-dog