[rec] 5 of my Favorite Veal Dishes..... Yum!

mitchell

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Here's are some of my favorite veal dishes. If anyone has any they like to I'd love to try them. Also as a side note almost any recipe that calls for veal you can usually substitute with chicken or turkey breast that has been pounded to the same requirements of the veal and still receive a genuinely pleasing result from the same recipe at a much lower cost.



Veal Franchise

1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced veal scaloppine
1/4 cup olive oil
3 slightly beaten eggs
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
2 lemons
2 tablespoons fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried
2 cups chicken stock

In a medium size bowl squeeze the juice from one lemon and mix with the butter, chicken stock and parsley. Slice the other lemon into paper thin slices and put off to the side for use later. Pound the veal with a meat mallet until paper thin (approx. 1/8 inch). Dip veal pieces into the egg, then the flour coating both sides. Fry as many as will fit, quickly until browned then remove to extra plate. Continue until all of the meat is done. Return all of the meat to pan and pour the lemon-butter mixture over the top. Arrange the lemon slices on top evenly and cover pan. Gently simmer until liquid is thicker like the consistence of a regular gravy about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately with pasta using the sauce from the meat for the pasta. (Serves 6)


Baked Veal

1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced veal scaloppine
2 tablespoons each olive oil and butter for frying
1/3 cup flour
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
2 teaspoons oregano
1 pound teleme cheese, sliced (fontina can also be used)
1/4 cup grated romano cheese

Pound the veal with a meat mallet until paper thin (approx. 1/8 inch). Drudge veal through the flour and shake off excess. Fry as many as will fit, quickly until browned in the oil and butter mix, remove from pan and place in a single layer in an ovenproof baking dish. Repeat until all of the meat is browned. Sprinkle the meat with the oregano and Italian seasoning, then put the cheese on top covering the entire dish of meat. Evenly sprinkle the romano on top of the cheese slices and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. (Serves 8 )


Veal Parmesan

1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced veal scaloppine
1/4 cup olive oil
3 slightly beaten eggs
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 pounds mozzarella cheese, sliced
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
4 cups prepared sauce, meatless only

Pound the veal with a meat mallet until paper thin (approx. 1/8 inch). Coat in flour, then dip in eggs and coat again in flour. Place on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Put in freezer for 30 minutes to firm up. Fry quickly in olive oil, remove from pan. Repeat until all the meat is browned. Place in a baking dish in a single layer, pour sauce over veal and cover with the mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese on top and bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until cheese is golden brown and sauce bubbly. Serve immediately with pasta using the sauce from the meat for the pasta. (Serves 8 )


Veal Limone

1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced veal scaloppine
2 tablespoons each olive oil and butter for frying
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
2 lemons
1 tablespoon fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried

Grate one lemon peel to get 1 1/2 teaspoons of grated lemon peel and then squeeze out the juice from that lemon. Slice the other lemon into paper thin slices and put off to the side for use later. Pound the veal with a meat mallet until paper thin (approx. 1/8 inch). Dip veal into the flour and shake of the excess. Fry as many as will fit, quickly until browned in the olive oil and butter, remove from pan and place on a serving platter, covering to keep warm. Repeat until all the meat is browned. Add the lemon juice, grated peel, lemon slices and 1/4 cup better to pan and deglazed the pan by boiling until all the scraps from the pan are loose, about 3 minutes. Pour the sauce over the meat arranging lemon slices evenly on top and serve immediately. (Serves 6)


Veal Marsala

1 pound mushrooms, sliced thinly or 2 -- 4 oz. cans, drained
1/4 cup butter
1/4 lemon juice
1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced veal scaloppine
2 tablespoons each olive oil and butter for frying
1/3 cup flour
1 1/2 cups Marsala wine
2 teaspoons beef stock granules or 2 beef bullion cubes crushed
1 tablespoon fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried

In a large frying pan melt the 1/4 cup of butter, add the mushrooms and lemon juice. Cook until mushrooms are soft and put off to the side for use later. Pound the veal with a meat mallet until paper thin (approx. 1/8 inch). Drudge in the flour and shake off excess. Fry as many as will fit, quickly until browned then remove to extra plate. Continue until all of the meat is done. Before returning meat to pan add the wine and beef granules and cook rapidly, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes until the beef granules are completely dissolved and the pan deglazed of all meat scrapes. Return all the meat to the pan and add in the mushrooms. Simmer until heated through about 5 minutes. Just before serving mix in the parsley flakes. (Serves 6)


Kath
 

mitchell

Crash Test Dummy
Well, did you see em or not??? Don't leave me in suspense...



PS: Thanks for checking it out for me....
 

mitchell

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i recently tried making veal parmesan for the first time, and wish i'd seen your recipe first

i got the veal scaloppine....but didn't know that you needed to pound it out to 1/8th of an inch (so i just used it as it was.....a little less than a 1/2 an inch thick)
it was really tough
is that what i did wrong?

i was using a recipe i found somewhere on the net, and it sounds different in a lot of ways

it used breadcrumbs instead of the second coating of flour after the egg wash
no freezing was mentioned (does the freezing tenderize it? or just make it easier to brown?)
and the recipe called for baking in a 350º oven for about 15 minutes!
i thought it was basicaly just to melt the cheese and warm things up

i'm gonna have to give your recipe a try...
we were expecting a really tender end result and were disappointed with the way the one i tried came out


in fact....all 5 of the ones you gave sound good
and it's nice to know that i can try them out with chicken
thanks!
 

mitchell

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Mebs said: but didn't know that you needed to pound it out ... it was really tough... is that what i did wrong?
Yup, if it's not pounded to tenderize, it will be as tough as shoe leather.

it used breadcrumbs ... no freezing was mentioned ...
and 350º oven for about 15 minutes!... to melt the cheese and warm things up

I have a few recipes that I also use the breadcrumbs, they tend to soak up a lot of the sauce and dry it out more than the flour coating if you don't increase the sauce in the pan. The freezing, sets up the coating so that it doesn't fall off during the browning stage and end up in your pan instead of on your meat. Veal really doesn't take long to cook, but the 375 for 40 minutes makes it much more tender than the 350 at 15 would. If you don't freeze the meat partially though the longer cooking time I suggest would have the breading falling off and becoming part of the sauce mix. I've had this happen before I started the partial freeze deal, which works really good for small fish fillets also to keep the batter attached and not in the oil or frying pan. I just hate when that happens...

Hope you like this version. Also if you prefer the breadcrumbs texture. You can substitute seasoned breadcrumbs for the second flour dipping and then continue on with the recipe except increase the sauce added to 5 cups (if a thinner sauce) or 6 cups (if a thicker style sauce). I have made it both ways and their both good. Let me know what you think of the results for this version if you try it.
 

mitchell

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I am not much of a chef, but I am a home dad and just try to do my best as I prepare meals for the family (two small children- 7 yr. old boy and a 28 month old girl).

Saw these recipes for veal and was reminded of a time way back when (35+ years!), and mother's home cooking. She made a delicious meal of fried veal cutlets with creamed spinach on the side. As kids we would cover the veal with the creamed spinach and beg for more. It was that good. She usually served it with a great recipe of cucumbers.

Just some solid home cooking that all the family enjoyed. BTW, her's was a family of 11, but because the family was so large and spread out in ages, it was rare that she cooked for all 11 at any one time. We were a family of Hungarian descent, and many of Mom's recipes were Hungarian.

AZ
 

mitchell

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many of Mom's recipes were Hungarian.

She wouldn't have given you a recipe for Hungarian Goulash Soup by chance.... I've been searching for the perfect one forever.....

I also do the creamed spinach for Hubby and a few different cucumber things. I'll get them up sometime this week and we can compare.
 

mitchell

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I'd have to beg for the recipe information from one of my sisters (4). Some of them can cook as well as I remember mother's cooking.

Also, I have a link to a site where the woman has some of her "authentic" old world recipe's from Hungary. I used to belong to a genealogy group where she was an active poster, and got to know about her web page.

Want me to dig for her web page?

AZ
 

mitchell

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I found the web page. The woman's name is June Myer, and her URL is:

homepage.interaccess.com/...cipes.html

Hope this address works for you. I don't understand what the (~) is for preceeding june4.

Enjoy.

AZ
 

mitchell

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There is a recipe for it but not listed under "soups."

Some folks do list it as such, and can be made as a soup, but the Hungarians I am familar with used it as a main dish.

Thus, you will find June Myers' receipe for authentic Hungarian Goulash (Gulyasleves, in phonetic Hungarian) in the category listing for "Main Course."

Hope this helps. I'll still see if one of my sisters will send me their recipe.

Good eating.
 
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