Osso Buco
Osso Buco requires roughly 2 hours and 50 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 251 calories, 23g of protein, and 14g of fat. For $3.41 per serving, you get a main course that serves 8. If you have thyme, onion, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.
Instructions
In a shallow dish, stir together flour, salt, and black pepper. Dredge meat in seasoned flour. In a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium heat. Brown meat.
Remove meat from pan, and set aside.
Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to drippings in pan. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
Stir in tomato sauce, water, basil, thyme, parsley, and bay leaf. Return meat to pan. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer. Cover, and cook for 2 1/2 hours.