Veal Stew

17 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs veal shoulder, cut into cubes
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • pepper
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup olive oil or 1/3 cup other vegetable oil
  • 1 stalk celery, cut into 3 inch pieces
  • 1 parsley sprig
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 1 rosemary sprig
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cups tomatoes, peeled,seeded and chopped or (32 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon saffron thread, crushed
  • 2 cups beef broth, heated
  • 1 cup white wine

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. 2
    Combine flour, salt and pepper in a baggie and add veal, shaking bag to coat veal.Remove veal from baggie and shake off excess flour.
  3. 3
    In a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium high heat. Add veal in batches and brown on all sides. Transfer veal to large oven proof dish (I used a 3-quart casserole).
  4. 4
    Using string or twine(or unwaxed dental floss works great) tie celery pieces around herb and bay leaf to make a bouquet garni. Add to veal.
  5. 5
    Add tomatoes, onion and garlic to skillet, and cook over medium low heat for 10 minutes or until onion is tender. Pour over veal.
  6. 6
    Dissolve saffron in 1/4 cup of beef broth and then stir into skillet. Add remaining broth and wine to skillet and simmer 5 minutes. Pour over veal.
  7. 7
    Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours.
  8. 8
    Uncover and bake for 1 hour.
  9. 9
    Discard bouquet garni.
  10. 10
    Serve immediately.

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