Marie's Turkey Osso Bucco
photo by Irmgard
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 whole turkey legs, cut at joints into drumsticks and thighs, skin removed (about 3-1/4 pounds total)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, peeled, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, minced, divided
- 1⁄2 cup dry red wine
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1⁄4 cup fresh Italian parsley, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
directions
- Rub thyme over turkey; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Transfer to 6-quart slow cooker. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, carrots, and celery; sauté 8 minutes. Stir in 4 minced garlic cloves. Transfer vegetables to slow cooker. Add wine to skillet; boil until reduced by 1/3, about 1 minute. Pour wine and tomatoes with juice over turkey. Cover; cook on high until turkey is very tender and falls off bone, about 5 1/2 hours.
- Mix parsley, lemon zest, and remaining garlic in bowl for gremolata. Using slotted spoon, remove turkey from pot. Pull meat from bones; divide meat among 6 bowls. Season sauce with salt and pepper; spoon over turkey. Sprinkle with gremolata.
- Makes 6 main-course servings.
- Per serving: calories, 198; total fat, 5 g; saturated fat, 1 g; cholesterol, 89 mg; fiber, 4 g.
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Reviews
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This is really delicious. Instead of doing it in the crockpot, I cooked it in the oven at 400 degrees F for 2 hours. The meat was nice and tender; came right off the bones. The tweaks I made were minor: a little less garlic, a little more thyme, white wine instead of red and since I used turkey thighs, I stuffed a slice of pancetta between the meat and the skin before putting the dish into the oven to cook. It was delicious served with brown rice. I have enough left for a second meal. Can't wait to taste the leftovers.
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I used 4 turkey legs (3 ½ lbs.) and it took 8 hours on high. This was a bit time consuming taking the skin off the legs and dicing all the veggies; oh but well worth it. Because the cooking time was so much longer than I had planed for, I reheated it the next day (which probably made it even better) and served over egg noodles. YUMM!
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This is really delicious. Instead of doing it in the crockpot, I cooked it in the oven at 400 degrees F for 2 hours. The meat was nice and tender; came right off the bones. The tweaks I made were minor: a little less garlic, a little more thyme, white wine instead of red and since I used turkey thighs, I stuffed a slice of pancetta between the meat and the skin before putting the dish into the oven to cook. It was delicious served with brown rice. I have enough left for a second meal. Can't wait to taste the leftovers.
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