Veal Shanks with Garlic

Name: Veal Shanks with Garlic
Yield: Serve 4 to 6 unless otherwise stated.
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 large carrot, thickly sliced; A bouquet garni; ½ cup dry white wine; ½ cup walnut oil; 2¼ cup veal stock; 6 slices of brown bread; Chopped parsley; 3 veal shanks, cut into 1-in pieces; 4 garlic bulbs; 3 large onions, thickly sliced

Preparation info

Serve
4 to 6
unless otherwise stated.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

About

A good, rich, comforting dish, this is simple to prepare and relatively cheap to make.

Ingredients

½ cup walnut oil
3 veal shanks, cut into 1-in pieces
3 large onions, thickly sliced</

Main course

Method

Heat the oil in a large braising pot and sauté the veal pieces on both sides until they are a deep golden color. Remove the meat to a plate. Add the onions to the fat in the braising pot, along with the carrot and bouquet garni, and toss them until they are golden brown.

Tilt the pan and spoon off as much fat as you can. Spread the vegetables evenly on the bottom of the pan and return t