Serve beef with sauce and gremolata. If desired, serve over polenta. Traditionally, osso bucco is made with veal shanks. This recipe calls for beef shanks (from the adult cow rather than the calf).

"Osso bucco", which literally translates as "hole in bone", is the cross-section of a beef shank, so is also often called "beef shin on the bone". It’s an inexpensive cut that breaks down to ...