Cooking Veal Osso Buco, pesto on bread?

[ottenm]

Making my first run at an awesome Veal Osso Buco recipe from epicurious website. Got some perfect Italian Bread to go along the side.

I also have some great fresh pesto in the fridge. So I started thinking, maybe serve up the nice warm bread with a little pesto spread?

Sounds great to me (by itself), but I don't know if it collides with or clobbers the veal with tomato/stock and veggies.

Thanks for any opinions!!

Mike

 

[GotGarlic]

Hi, Mike. I haven't tried that combination, but it sounds good to me. All those great Italian flavors go well together. In the summer, I often serve crostini topped with pesto and chopped fresh tomatoes with Italian food. Also, people usually top osso buco with gremolata - a mixture of fresh minced garlic, lemon juice and parsley - to add some freshness to a braised dish. You could use some of your pesto for that, too.

 

[Dawgluver]

cooking Veal Osso Buco, pesto on bread?

Sounds good to me! What time is dinner?

 

[Rocklobster]

It all sounds good, but my sensitivities tell me you would have a lot going on. I would just bask in the pleasant warmth of the flavors of your Osso Bucco. You toiled and troubled to create a dish which is complex and deep. Save the pesto for another day when it can be the star. Just go with plain bread. Take GG's advice and make a gremolata.

 

[Cheryl J]

Since you already have fresh pesto and it won't last very long, I'd go for it! Sounds like a great dinner to me.

 

[menumaker]

I love pesto with a passion but for me, I would go for just the 'perfect' plain bread to accompany it and let the Osso Buco do the talking. It has such a wonderful flavor.
However, you could perhaps do the classic tomato/pesto salad as an appetizer/ first course or lunch the next day made with any of your left over bread soaked in the juices??