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Xikel tal-Vitella – Veal Shanks

You have to try these delicious veal shanks cut into thick steaks that are then slow-cooked in a tomato sauce.

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Xikel tal-Vitella - Veal Shanks

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By MC – Serves: 2

You have to try these delicious veal shanks cut into thick steaks that are then slow-cooked in a tomato sauce.

Ingredients

FOR THE VEAL RECIPE

80g butter

1/2 onion chopped

4 (5cm thick rounds of veal shanks)

5 tbsp dry white wine

175ml meat stock

1 carrot chopped

2 tbsp kuhne wholegrain mustard

2 tbs tomato paste

salt & pepper

finely grated rind fo 1/2 lemon

1 large flat-leaf parsley

FOR THE ROASTED TOMATOES

4 Tomatoes halved

golden drop olive oil

kuhne balsamic vinegar

kuhne balsamissimo

Instructions

1

Melt the butter in a large pan, add the onion and cook over low heat for 5 minutes

2

Dust the veal with flour, add to the pan and cook over hight heat until browned.

3

Season with salt and pepper.

4

Pour in the wine and cook until evaporated

5

Add the stock, wholegrain mustard and carrot, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 30minutes

6

Mix the tomato paste with 1 tbsp hot water and stir in the pan

7

Combine the lemon rind with the parsley and add to the pan, stir, cover and cook for another 5 minutes

8

FOR THE ROASTED TOMATOES

9

Preheat the oven to 180C

10

Brush roasting dish with golden drop olive oil

11

whisk together olive oil and vinegar and season with salt & pepper

12

Put the tomatoes into a dish, brush the oil and vinegar mixture over them and sprinkle with oregano

13

Bake for 15 mins then reduce the temperature to 110C and bake for another hour.