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Spaghetti with Veal Shank (Spaghetti allo stinco)

Spaghetti allo stinco (Spaghetti with a sauce made of Veal Shank)

It is not always easy to find veal shanks.  You may need to order them in advance from your butcher.   This is one of my preferred new dishes—new because I put it together a few weeks ago.  By the way, I tried also with celery and carrots, but this makes it too sweet, so no celery or carrots.  And this dish is also good to it as is with some bread and no pasta.

You can prepare the shank one or more days in advance.

Ingredients for 4 people

  • 1 box spaghetti
  • 2 veal shanks with meat attached to them (about 300 grams/shank)
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 cup basic tomato sauce (see recipe, p. 37)—or Pomì or other tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 sweet onion medium size, or red onion, chopped
  • 1 TB. of marjoram, minced
  • 4 anchovy filets
  • 1 handful of dry porcini mushrooms
  • ½ cup red wine
  • 100 g of Pecorino Romano cheese grated at the last minute

Preparation

  1. Shank: use a very good pot for which you have a cover that closes perfectly (I use a “Staub” or “Le Creuset”). The pan has to be small, just big enough for the two shanks to fit.
  1. Put olive oil in the pot, heat up on medium-high, then add the shanks, add salt and black pepper, and braise on each side of the shank so it gets a nice brown color all over around. About 20 min.
  1. Add the onion, marjoram, anchovies, and the mushrooms, lower heat to medium, let the ingredients cook for 5about minutes until the onions become translucent.
  1. Add tomatoes and wine and basil 3 – 4 leaves, lower heat to low/simmer (depending on the power of your stove), cover and let it cook 2 hours or more, until the meat falls of the bone. (After 1 hour or so turn the shanks around). Turn off the heat and let it rest.  Now it is ready for the pasta: you can use it right away or wait until next day or two—in which case, after it cools off put in the fridge.
  2. Boil pasta in water, drain al dente, using the same pot in which you cooked the pasta, which is still hot, mix with the veal shanks, use everything that is in the pot, including the bones, add pecorino cheese, mix 2-3 minutes, and Buon appetito!

Italiano: Spaghetti allo stinco

Ingredienti per 4 persone

  • 1 scatola di spaghetti (500 grammi)
  • 2 stinchi di vitello con carne attaccata (circa 300 grammi / stinco)
  • 120 ml di tazza di olio d’oliva
  • 250 ml di passata di pomodoro (vedi ricetta) —o Pomì o altri pomodori a pezzetti
  • 1 cipolla dolce o rossa di media grandezza, tritata
  • 1 cucchiaio di maggiorana tritata
  • 4 filetti di acciuga
  • 1 manciata di funghi porcini secchi
  • 120 ml di vino rosso

Preparazione

  1. 2 Stinchi di vitello con attaccati almeno 300 grammi di carne ciascuno. Scegliere una pentola piccola in cui ci stanno tutti e due stretti stretti.  Aggiungere 120 ml olio d’oliva, sale e pepe nero fuoco forte e fate cucinare lo stinco per circa 20 minuti –girando ogni 5 minuti, finché non ha un bel colorito marrone scuro su tutti i lati.
  1. Aggiungere la cipolla tritata, 1 cucchiaio di maggiorana in polvere, 4 filetti di alici, un pugno di porcini secchi, a pezzettini. Abbassare il fuoco.
  1. Appena la cipolla appassisce circa 5 minuti o più,  dipende dalla forza della fiamma, aggiungere  250 ml di Conserva di pomodoro, o Pomì “chopped”, o pomodori pachini passati al frullatore, e mezzo bicchiere di Chianti o altro vino rosso buono, 4-5 foglie di basilico, coprire con coperchio a perfetta tenuta, abbassare il fuoco al minimo e fate andare per circa un’ora.
  1. Girate gli stinchi, coprite di nuovo e cuocete—sempre coperto e fuoco al minimo- per circa un’altra ora: Quando la carne cade dall’osso con la semplice pressione di un cucchiaio di legno è pronto.  Potete lasciare a riposare fino al giorno dopo o più (dopo 24 ore va in frigo).
  1. Quando siete pronti a gustarlo, bollite gli spaghetti e conditeli con lo stinco, incluso sugo carne e ossa, rigirandoli 2 minuti in padella, spegnete il fuoco e aggiungete Pecorino Romano grattugiato fresco.
  1. Buon Appetito!

 

Spaghetti with Orange, Mint, and Cointreau (the best pasta of Italy in 2000)

Linguine With Orange And Anchovy 1This pasta reminds me of summertime, with its lovely scent of orange and mint.  It’s a recipe that can only be made in small portions, so don’t try to increase the measures in this recipe. It’s my friend Makana’s favorite pasta, and I made it for his birthday just a few weeks ago.

Ingredients

  • 400 grams of spaghetti or linguine
  • ½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, smashed
  • Approximately 200 grams (0.4 pounds) of chopped anchovies, preferably the anchovies preserved in salt
  • The pulp from 2 oranges – no seeds, peel, or pith. The best tool for this task is a grapefruit segmenter tool, because it allows you to obtain the fruit without any of the skin around it.  I personally use a special citrus knife, but found this great little tool online: the Zyliss Twist & Scoop Grapefruit tool – https://www.zyliss.com/store/products/zyliss-twist-scoop-grapefruit-tool-e910033u.htm
  • 1 handful of freshly chopped mint, minced
  • 1 handful of plain breadcrumbs (please avoid those with “Italian spices”)
  • ¼ cup Cointreau

Preparation

  1. Prep all of your ingredients so that you can work quickly.
  2. While you are cooking the spaghetti or linguine, start cooking the sauce.
  3. Pour ½ cup of extra virgin Italian olive oil into a skillet and add the smashed garlic clove. On medium heat, gently sauté the garlic until it becomes golden and remove it from the skillet.
  4. Add the chopped anchovy filets to the skillet for about 2 minutes, the anchovy will dissolve  into a fine creamy texture in the oil.
  5. Add the orange slices, mixing them well with the olive oil and anchovy.
  6. Add the breadcrumbs and Cointreau, continuing to mix with a wooden spoon. The texture of the sauce should be creamy. As soon as the sauce turns from liquid begins to thick/creamy, remove the skillet from the heat.
  7. Pour the sauce into a large bowl, then add the pasta. Add the minced mint to the bowl, and gently combine all the ingredients.
  8. Serve immediately, and enjoy!

Italiano: Spaghetti in salsa d’arancio (meglio pasta d’Italia 2000)

 Per 4 persone, 400g di spaghetti o linguine

  • 120 ml. di olio d’oliva
  • 1 spicchio d’aglio schiacciato
  • Circa 200 g di alici sotto sale, sciacquate e da cui avrete rimosso la spina centrale, a pezzettini.
  • 2 arance –polpa solo, niente semi niente buccia o bianco
  • 1 pugno di menta tritata
  • 1 pugno di pane grattugiato
  • 60 ml Cointreau

Preparazione

  1. Soffriggere aglio nell’olio, toglierlo come diventa dorato.
  2. Aggiungere i filetti di alici tritate, fuoco medio alto, circa 2 minuti.
  3. Appena diventano una crema aggiungere le arance a pezzetti, mischiare e aggiungere il pan grattato e il Cointreau (per carità, non usate il Gran Marnier!).
  4. Appena il liquido si ritira e il tutto è una crema, ma ancora un po’ liquida non completamente asciutta, spegnere e rimuovere la padella dal fornello caldo.
  5. Mischiare la pasta in questo ben di Dio aggiungere la menta a pezzettini e buon appetito

 

 

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