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Ossobuco alla milanese (in English, often spelled 'osso buco', or as 'osso bucco' with two c's, noted by Merriam-Webster as an alternate spelling) is a dish from Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, capital of Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
, of braised
Braising

File:Potroast.JPG#fileBraising , is a combination cooking method using both moist and dry heat; typically the food is first seared at a high temperature and then finished in a covered pot with a variable amount of liquid, resulting in a particular flavour....
 veal
Veal

Veal is the meat of calves . Though veal can be produced from any calf, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Compared to other meats, veal has a delicate taste and tender texture....
 shank
Shank (meat)

A meat shank or shin is the portion of meat around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee. Lamb shanks traditionally comprise the proximal part of the tibia - the part of the bone that articulates aganist the femur and patella as the knee....
s. It is usually sprinkled with gremolata
Gremolata

Gremolata is a chopped herb condiment typically made of garlic, parsley, and lemon zest. It is a traditional accompaniment to the Italy braised veal shank dish, "Ossobuco"....
, a mix of parsley, garlic and lemon peel, and served with risotto alla milanese, a risotto
Risotto

Risotto is a rich and creamy, traditional Italy rice dish. It is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy.Its origins are in North Italy, specifically Eastern Piedmont , Western Lombardy, and the Veneto , where rice paddies are abundant....
 enhanced with saffron threads.

The shank is cut across the bone into slices about one cm thick, browned, and braised in white wine and aromatics.

Ossobuco was formerly made without tomatoes (these being unknown in Milan until the late 19th century).






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Ossobuco alla milanese (in English, often spelled 'osso buco', or as 'osso bucco' with two c's, noted by Merriam-Webster as an alternate spelling) is a dish from Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, capital of Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
, of braised
Braising

File:Potroast.JPG#fileBraising , is a combination cooking method using both moist and dry heat; typically the food is first seared at a high temperature and then finished in a covered pot with a variable amount of liquid, resulting in a particular flavour....
 veal
Veal

Veal is the meat of calves . Though veal can be produced from any calf, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Compared to other meats, veal has a delicate taste and tender texture....
 shank
Shank (meat)

A meat shank or shin is the portion of meat around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee. Lamb shanks traditionally comprise the proximal part of the tibia - the part of the bone that articulates aganist the femur and patella as the knee....
s. It is usually sprinkled with gremolata
Gremolata

Gremolata is a chopped herb condiment typically made of garlic, parsley, and lemon zest. It is a traditional accompaniment to the Italy braised veal shank dish, "Ossobuco"....
, a mix of parsley, garlic and lemon peel, and served with risotto alla milanese, a risotto
Risotto

Risotto is a rich and creamy, traditional Italy rice dish. It is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy.Its origins are in North Italy, specifically Eastern Piedmont , Western Lombardy, and the Veneto , where rice paddies are abundant....
 enhanced with saffron threads.

The shank is cut across the bone into slices about one cm thick, browned, and braised in white wine and aromatics.

Ossobuco was formerly made without tomatoes (these being unknown in Milan until the late 19th century). That tomato-less version, in bianco is prepared with cinnamon
Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree 10?15 metres tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and is native to Sri Lanka.The leaf are ovate-oblong in shape, 7?18 cm long....
, allspice
Allspice

Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, Kurundu, Myrtle pepper, pimento, or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America....
, bay leaf
Bay leaf

Bay leaf , Greek Daphni, Romanian Dafin, Portuguese Louro; is the aromatic leaf of several species of the Laurel family . Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance....
 and gremolata has by and large been replaced with the newer version which includes tomatoes, carrots, celery and onion, flavoured with a bouquet garni
Bouquet garni

The bouquet garni is a bundle of herbs usually tied together with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock , and various stews. The bouquet is boiled with the other ingredients, but is removed prior to consumption....
 and without gremolata
Gremolata

Gremolata is a chopped herb condiment typically made of garlic, parsley, and lemon zest. It is a traditional accompaniment to the Italy braised veal shank dish, "Ossobuco"....
 (although 'hybrid' versions exist which include both tomato
Tomato

The Tomato is an herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins Nicotiana, potatoes, aubergine , chilli peppers, and the poisonous Atropa belladonna....
 and gremolata).

In the modern Italian version of this dish, ossobuco is often served with risotto alla milanese, one of the few cases where a grain and meat dish are served together. Other risotto rice side dishes may be used as well.

The shank is called osso buco in Italian (from Western Lombard
Western Lombard

Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombardy provinces Province of Milan, Province of Monza and Brianza, Province of Varese, Province of Como, Province of Lecco, Province of Sondrio, a little part Province of Cremona , Province of Lodi and Province of Pavia, and the Piedmont provinces Province of Novara, Province of...
 oss bus classical orthography, òs büüs alternative orthography), lit. 'hole bone' (osso 'bone', buco 'hole'), because the bone marrow
Bone marrow

Bone marrow is the flexible biological tissue found in the hollow interior of bones. In adults, marrow in large bones produces new blood cells....
 is part of the appeal of the dish.