“My husband's family often cooked dinner and called it Kokkinisto.

I never really knew what the word meant exactly, I just thought it was some sort of cooked meat.

koh-kee-nee-STOH means the meat has been reddened. It is a way of cooking and the meat is browned before adding to a stew made with a tomato-based sauce. Any red sauces are John's families specialty!”

Chrystalla xx

Kreas Kokkinisto Osso Bucco Recipe Converted For Your Thermomix

Honouring: John's Family

INGREDIENTS

1000g-1200g osso bucco steaks, cut into pieces or use diced beef pieces
50g olive oil plus extra for frying
150g or 1 large brown onion, peeled and cut in half
2 garlic cloves, peeled
100g or 2 carrots, roughly chopped
50g or 1 celery stalk, roughly chopped
1 zucchini, roughly chopped
1 tbs tomato paste – try making your own!
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp paprika
1 tbs Fayi Hot Chilli Sauce (optional)
30g of honey or sugar (optional or to taste)
400g tin of diced tomatoes
200g water

STEPS

Brown osso bucco pieces (1000g – 1200g) in a heavy based frying pan with some olive oil. Set aside.
Place onion (150g), garlic (2), carrots (100g), celery (1) and zucchini (1) into the bowl and chop for 15 seconds/speed 4.
Scrape down sides. Add olive oil (50g) and sauté for 5 mins/100 degrees/reverse/slowest speed.
Add the rest of the ingredients: browed osso bucco pieces, tomato paste (1 tbs), cinnamon (1 tsp), paprika (1 tsp), hot chili sauce (1 tbs), honey (30g), diced tomatoes (400g) and water (200g).
Cook for 30 minutes/steaming temperature/reverse/slowest speed/no MC. Place the small simmering basket on top of the lid instead of the MC.

NOTES

Traditionally, the whole point of this recipe is to brown the meat. However we don’t always have time to pull out a fry pan and/or we prefer to skip the extra washing up. So it’s ok to skip step 1.
Do what you prefer and what you have time for as either way it turns out a soft, delicious meal.
To hide the veggies a bit more, chop them using speed 5 at step 2.
Serve with a side of rice or add some pasta in the last step to make it more like a soup. Or add the meat to a pan with some rissoni and cook in the oven at 100 degrees, for about 20 minutes until it becomes golden and the rissoni cooks through.
Make your own tomato paste using this recipe: Fayi Tomato Paste Recipe
Make your own chilli sauce with this recipe: Fayi Hot Chilli Sauce Recipe
Peel garlic with this trick: How To Peel Garlic In Your Thermomix