Lamb Osso Buco

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus
• 3/4 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 large lamb loin chops (center cut, very thick)
• 1 tablespoon butter, plus
• 2 1/4 teaspoons butter
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus
• 2 1/4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped, plus
• 1 tablespoon onion (chopped)
• 1/2 cup carrot, thinly sliced, plus
• 1 tablespoon carrot (thinly sliced)
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped, plus
• 2 teaspoons celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove (crushed)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water, plus
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow dish, stir together flour, salt, and black pepper.
• 2 dredge meat in seasoned flour.
• 3 in a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium heat.
• 4 brown meat.
• 5 remove meat from pan, and set aside.
• 6 add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to drippings in pan.
• 7 cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
• 8 stir in tomato sauce, water, basil, thyme, parsley, and bay leaf.
• 9 return meat to pan.
• 10 bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer.
• 11 cover, and cook for 1 hour, or until tender.