Jamie Oliver cooks Ossobuco alla milanese (braised veal shanks) with yellow saffron risotto on Jamie’s Comfort Food.

Ossobuco is a Milanese speciality of cross-cut veal shanks braised with vegetables, white wine and broth. It is often garnished with gremolata and traditionally served with risotto alla milanese.

Jamie says: “The marriage between the great ossobuco and risotto alla Milanese, commonly known in Italy as risotto allo zafferano – that brilliant yellow saffron risotto – is fantastic, joyful and comforting. Outside of the marriage, ossobuco is great served simply with mashed potato, oozy polenta or good crusty bread, but risotto allo zafferano is it’s perfect partner.”

The ingredients are: 6 ossobuco, (cross-cut veal shanks, bone in, roughly 1.5kg in total ), 1 whole nutmeg, for grating, plain flour, for dusting, 2 knobs of unsalted butter, olive oil, 2 onions, 2 small carrots, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 sticks of celery, 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, 200 ml Pinot Bianco , or Verdicchio, 1 tablespoon tomato purée and 1 litre fresh chicken stock.

For the gremolata: 2 small cloves of garlic, 30 g fresh flat-leaf parsley and 1 lemon.

The full recipe can be fond in Jamie’s Comfort Food book available at Amazon.