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Slow-Roasted Lamb Shanks

From the Locanda Veneta Restaurant in L.A. ½ cup chopped red onion 1 cup diced celery 1 cup diced peeled carrots 3 tbsp chopped thyme 3 tbsp chopped mint 4 large lamb shanks 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 8 cups chicken stock or broth ½ cup dry red wine 4 juniper berries (optional) 1 bay leaf 1 tbsp all purpose flour 1 tbsp butter, room temp   Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Spread onions, celery and carrots over bottom of large roasting pan. Rub thyme and mint over lamb shanks; sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Place lamb shanks; sprinkle...

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Roasted Beets and Sweets

What you'll need:   - 10 Beets, medium, peeled and cut (no chunks) - ¼ cup Olive Oil and 1 tsp Olive Oil (divided) - 1 ¾ tsp Garlic Powder - 1 ¾ tsp Ground Black Pepper - 1 ¾ tsp Sugar - 5 Sweet Potatoes, Chunked - 1 ¾ Large Sweet Onion, chopped   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F In bowl, toss beets with ½ tbsp olive oil to cool. Mix remaining 2 tbsp olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and sugar in a large Ziploc bag, seal it and shake to coat vegetables with the oil. Bake...

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30 Years of Prime Service

Catullo Prime Meats is celebrating our 30th Anniversary on August 12th, 2014, and we want you to help us celebrate! From now through September 1st, whenever you spend $30 in the store, you will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a free meal for ten people! Simply fill out your name, phone number, and email address on the ticket given to you by the Catullo's team member who waits on you, and place it in the basket next to the register.    On September 2nd, we will pull one ticket and that customer will win their choice of a...

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Easter 2014

April 12, 2014   Well folks, Easter is almost upon us, and for us here at the shop that means smoking hams and cutting more lamb roasts than we do, well, pretty much any other time of the year. These traditional Easter entrées have been holiday favorites for generations, and for good reason. Simple, traditional dishes are some of my favorites. However, with that being said, I'm a guy who likes to try new things. Swap out an ingredient here, change the cooking time there, add this instead of that. The recipes that have been in my family for years...

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Getting Excited About Food Quality is Essential

            Since I was a young kid working in the shop, learning about the highest quality, most flavorful cuts of beef from my dad and grandpa, I’ve always been passionate about food. It’s always been such an important part of my life, not just from the family business but from my natural partiality toward delicious meals with the people I love. It should come as no surprise then, that I love sharing recipes, knowledge, and ideas with anyone and everyone who’s willing to listen. This newsletter has been essential in giving me an opportunity to communicate, and possibly educate, many...

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