Osso bucco casserole with tomato and chilli

Serves:
8 - 10
Preparation Time:
30 mins
Cooking Time:
2 hours 45 mins
Ingredients:
- 8 Farm88 yearling beef osso bucco
- ½ cup plain flour
- 1 tsp curry powder
- ½ tsp salt and pepper *to taste
- ¼ cup oil
- 1 onion large peeled sliced
- 1 red chilli finely chopped large seeded
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 440 g canned crushed tomatoes
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 250 g cherry tomato
- 1 tsp parsley chopped *to decorate
- 1 tsp cornflour optional
Method:
- Preheat oven to 140ºC (fan-forced).
- Place flour, curry powder, pepper and salt in a plastic bag, add meat and shake well, remove and shake off excess flour.
- Heat oil and add meat in batches to seal and lightly brown. Drain on paper towels then layer meat in a single row, if possible, in large baking dish.
- Brown onions, chilli and garlic in same pan, add to meat.
- Add tomatoes, tomato paste and sugar and cook for 2 minutes. Add wine and season to taste.
- Pour tomato mixture over meat and onions. Cover dish tightly with foil or lid.
- Bake for 2-2½ hours.
- Fifteen minutes before removing from oven add cherry tomatoes.
- If desired, thicken sauce with a little cornflour mixed with water, trying not to disturb the cherry tomatoes too much.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.