Emeril's Oven-Braised Osso Buco with Orzo "Risotto"

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My family loved this recipe but I found it a little too spicy. I think it's just a matter of personal taste - you can certainly adjust to suit yourself. I have to say, the orzo with the veal is, as my husband says, "inspired". Really delicious, and so much easier and more creative than the usual potatoes. The veal was meltingly tender, even though I shaved 45 minutes off the cooking time. There is a lot of "play" in this recipe - I think it's worth making it several times with alterations until it suits your personal taste.

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This has become one of my and my husband's absolute favorite dinners. I've never made the orzo, but the osso buco is so flavorful and tender. Instead of the orzo, I serve with mashed potatoes. When its done cooking, I remove the shanks and cook down the sauce on the stove and use a hand blender to blend all of the remaining veggies and finish with a touch of cream. I pour the sauce over the shanks and potatoes and it is so delicious!

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I found this recipe as I was looking for a similiar type recipe to make some beef
cross-shanks. I adapted this to fit my needs, it turned out great. I made some Essense the night before, and marinated my shanks overnight with the dry rub. I have a dutch oven, so I cooked the beef on top of the stove on low most of the day. I didn't have any Orzo paste on hand, so I served it with spinach noodles. Served it to our best friends, we all loved it!

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I used this recipie for my schools Junior iron chef compettion (i used the orzo risotto recipie and I WON it was a great success! I added bite size pieces of cooked asparagus and folded it in with the finished risotto!!! it was ssssoooo good!!!!

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This is an AMAZING recipe. Had this on a cruise last year and loved it, so decided to try my hand at it. Followed this recipe to a T and it was amazing. I did braise it for 3 hours before adding the orzo pasta, tho. My kids loved it (and one is extremely picky. The leftovers are wonderful, too. Bravo!

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Let me say I am not an Emeril fan so when I attempted this to feed 8 hungry friends I was a little worried.

But, since I didn't have time to make a risotto side as I would prefer I was taken in by the idea of cooking the entire dinner in one pot.

WOW!! I was worried that adding pasta at the end would not cook so I was glad to have an extra quart of broth.

Excellent does not begin to describe the compliments I received. I suggest using multi color Orzo and a great Rich Beef Broth. I did use the beef shanks and the cooking time was on the money.

#1 secret to great cooking use Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron or anything with a tight lid that will insulate and cook the meat. Only suggestion, do tie the meat if you don't want it to fall apart when serving.

100% east and outstanding, thanks Emeril.

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This was really good, but I wish I would have gotten a little more gravy. Next time I will use more stock

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I made the recipe using beef shank, I couldn't find the veal. The meat was so tender, my three kids (4 y.o., 2 y.o., and 1 y.o. loved it. Leftovers were awesome. I made the same recipe again swapping white wine for red and using chicken instead of beef, but everything else the same. It is awesome also.

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This recipe was so "Ono" delicous. I never attempted a recipe like this before and I did it. I really did it!!
I made this recipe for Christmas Dinner 2 years ago. The veal melted like butter and absorded every herbs flavor. The vege's were both crisp and tender. The most scariest part was the Orzo, I was so worried of over or under cooking, but it was perfect. The Orzo soaked in the flavor of the herbs. Emeril if you were here I'd give ya a big kiss.....BAM.....If substituting beef shank please add aother 10-15 min. to recipe. Happy Holiday's & Mele Kalikimaka

Aloha,
Shane Burgum

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I have cooked Veal osso buco many times, I use the recipe from the Silver Palate Cookbook and it was much better. I like to serve it over Saffron Rice instead of Orzo Risotto. I normally like all of Emeril's recipes but a little disappointed in this one.
Janet
Austin, Texas