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cooking question.
i got roped into cooking for my wife's family coming in from taiwan. i love my new extended family, so i dont really mind. beef is $$ over there, and it is typical for american families to include it on the menu. i asked if i could just take them to a restaurant...but something about tradition. they have never seen my our home. tradition.
well. 11 people. forget where i am sitting them. Osso Bucco, with beef shanks. my le creuset pot is nowhere big enough. can i use my turkey roasting pan covered with heavy alum foil?. hell, i have a spool if stainless steel rebar tie-wire i could cinch it down tight with. is the pan heavy enough to smooth out the heat? onlycafe? you there buddy? cliff
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Cliffy - I assume it is a big heavy roasting pan (like an All-Clad)? But I'd be worried about the lack of the lid to keep things moist. Dried out shanks not so good. So if you go with Foil watch it, baste, etc.
Osso Bucco (one of my fav's) is a little rich for folks that don't eat meat much. You might consider a roast that is a little more lean. Something I do is get a few flank steaks from Costco, marinate overnight in a wine/soy sauce/garlic/oil marinade. It grills in less than 10 minutes. Let set, then slice thin on an angle. Your guests get a nice meat dish, presents well (slide and serve on bed of greens) and uh, digests well. Have fun!
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don. taiwanese people eat some of the richest food around. but damn good point, i only have a one bathroom. hehehe.
maybe i go and borrow JP's pot and double pot it.
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hi cliff,
if you do your sear in the heavy le cru pot and then move everything into the roasting pan for the oven voyage i think you will be fine. sounds like a good meal for the guests. on the other hand, i would rather have the flank steak ala plumley myself. |
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03-21-2009, 12:44 PM
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Yeah, rich foods but not so much in beef fats. Chicken fat, duck fat, pig fat, yes. I'm thinking of the richness from the marrow as perhaps not working with the Taiwanese GI system. But I could be very wrong. Good part of Osso Bucco is it would go with a nice risotto. Then with a Dal Forno, ah, bliss...
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03-21-2009, 12:58 PM
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