Scaloppine Of White Meat With Shiitake And Cognac Sauce Recipes

SHIITAKE SCALLOPINE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over low heat; sweat garlic and shallots until they start to become aromatic. Increase heat to medium and add mushrooms and thyme; saute until mushrooms begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Deglaze pan with wine and simmer 2 minutes. Stir in artichokes and capers and simmer 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Pour mushroom mixture over pasta and serve.

VEAL SCALOPPINE WITH MUSHROOM MARSALA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place each veal round between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and pound to a 1/4-inch thickness, using a meat mallet or the bottom of a small, heavy pan. Transfer the veal to a baking sheet. Combine the oregano, lemon zest, 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl, then rub over the veal. Cover in plastic and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
• Remove the veal from the refrigerator and dredge in flour to coat both sides. Shake to remove excess flour, then set the veal aside on a plate or tray.
• In a large skillet, heat 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat until melted and bubbling. Working in batches, fry the veal until golden and just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and the onions to the pan and cook until the onions are softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms, Marsala, capers, mustard, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper, and saute until soft and golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth and cook until the sauce is reduced by half and thickened.
• Transfer the cooked veal to a serving plate and pour the sauce all over it. Top with the parsley and serve.

PORK SCALOPPINE

Steps:

• Pound pork slices to 3/8 inch thick, season with salt and pepper, and dredge in flour, shaking off excess. Transfer to a wire rack, and let stand 10 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat, and then add 1 tablespoon butter and melt, swirling to coat bottom of pan. Add 3 pork slices in a single layer and cook, flipping once, until both sides are golden brown and pork is cooked through, about 4 minutes total. Transfer to a serving platter and loosely cover with foil. Repeat.
• Add capers and herbs and cook over medium-high heat, stirring, just until fragrant, less than 30 seconds. Add wine and cook until reduced by half. Stir in remaining tablespoon butter and pour sauce over pork. Add arugula to platter and drizzle with oil.

SCALOPPINE WITH ANY MEAT

Steps:

• Season cutlets with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add cutlets and cook quickly, about 1 minute per side. Transfer cutlets to a plate.
• Return skillet to low heat. Add garlic and cook, swirling the pan, until you can smell it. Squeeze in the lemon or lime juice and season with salt and pepper. Spoon over cutlets and serve.

CHICKEN SCALOPPINE WITH PICCATA SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut each piece of chicken in half horizontally and place each piece between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Using the smooth side of a meat mallet, pound to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Place flour, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Lightly coat chicken pieces with seasoned flour, tapping to remove excess.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter and oil over high heat, until hot but not smoking. Brown chicken in batches, turning once, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter and keep warm.
• Remove any excess fat from the skillet and discard. Add wine, chicken broth, lemon juice, and capers. Cook over high heat until simmering and slightly reduced, about 2 minutes. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter, and swirl skillet to melt. Pour sauce over chicken, and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.

SCALOPPINE OF WHITE MEAT WITH SHIITAKE AND COGNAC SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain the shiitake mushrooms and remove the stems, which are too fibrous to use. (Add them to the stock for the cream of lettuce soup.)
• Cut the caps into half-inch strips. Strain the juice through paper towels and reduce to one cup. Set aside.
• At serving time, use three skillets or two large saucepans. Divide the butter between the skillets and heat. When hot, add the scaloppines. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook over medium to high heat for approximately one minute on each side. Arrange in a dish and set in a 180-degree oven to keep warm.
• Add the shallots and garlic to the skillets and saute for 30 seconds. Add the Cognac and flambe. Add the reduced mushroom juice and cream and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve, and mix in any solidified juices. Add the juice that has been released from the scaloppines. Strain into a clean saucepan and add the shiitakes. Bring to a boil and simmer for three minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste and the dissolved potato starch if the mixture needs thickening. Add a few drops of lemon juice. Arrange the scaloppines on a platter or individual plates and coat with the sauce and mushrooms. Serve immediately.

BEEF SCALOPPINE

Steps:

• Mix the flour, salt, pepper and garlic salt.
• Coat the strips of meat.
• Fry in a pan, using shortening or oil until brown.
• Add the chicken bullion cube dissolved in the 1 cup water.
• Add the 2 cans beef gravy and the 3/4 cup red wine.
• Simmer for 1- 1 1/2 hours.
• Garnish with chopped green onion.
• Best when served over cooked rice!

SAUSAGE SCALOPPINE

Steps:

• Fry sausage over medium heat in large frying pan until when cut, it is just a bit pink in the center.
• Remove sausage from pan and add peppers and onions to the frying pan.
• While onions and peppers are cooking, slice sausage into 1/2 inch rounds.
• Return sausage to pan and add the jar of sauce.
• Stir everything until well combined and let simmer for about 15 minutes or so, allowing sauce to cook down a bit and thicken.
• Serve on Italian rolls or over pasta.

VEAL SCALOPPINE WITH MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Finely grind dried porcini in spice grinder or coffee grinder. Transfer 2 tablespoons ground porcini to heavy medium saucepan (reserve any remaining ground porcini for another use). Add wine, 1/2 cup shallots and vinegar to saucepan. Boil until porcini broth is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Place dried morels in small bowl. Pour 2 cups hot water over; let stand until morels soften, about 30 minutes. Drain; reserve soaking liquid. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add fresh mushrooms and remaining 1/2 cup shallots and sauté until tender, about 7 minutes. Add drained morels and stir 3 minutes. Add porcini broth, 3/4 cup reserved morel soaking liquid and whipping cream; simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Remove sauce from heat; cover to keep warm.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle veal with salt and pepper. Working in batches, add veal to skillet and cook to desired doneness, about 2 minutes per side for medium, adding more oil to skillet if necessary. Divide veal among 4 plates. Spoon mushroom sauce over veal and serve.
• *Dried porcini mushrooms and dried morel mushrooms are available at specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.

VEAL SCALOPPINE BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400° and arrange a rack in the middle.
• Flatten the veal scallops into scaloppine, one at a time. Place a scallop between sheets of wax paper or plastic wrap, and pound it with the toothed face of a meat mallet, tenderizing and spreading it into a thin oval, about 1/4 inch thick. The pieces will vary in size.
• Season the scaloppine with salt on both sides, using about 1/2 teaspoon in all. Spread the flour on a plate and dredge each scallop, coating both sides with flour. Shake of the excess and lay them down, spread apart, on wax paper. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt in a wide shallow bowl.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil and drop 3 tablespoons of butter into the big sauté pan, and set over medium-high heat. When the butter begins to bubble, quickly dip scallops, one by one, in the eggs, let the excess drip off, then lay them in the skillet. Fit in as many scallops as you can in one layer-about half the veal.
• Brown the scallops on one side for about a minute, then flip and brown the second side for a minute. Turn them in the order in which they went into the skillet, and then transfer them to a plate. Remove any burnt bits from the skillet, and pour in the remaining olive oil; dip the remaining scallops in egg, and brown them the same way. (If your skillet is not big enough, it is fine to fry the veal in three batches.)
• When all the scaloppine are browned, arrange them in the baking pan, overlapping them so they fill the dish in an even layer.
• To make the Marsala sauce: Wipe out the skillet, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in it, and set over medium heat. Scatter in the prosciutto strips, and cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes or longer, until crisped on the edges. Pour in the Marsala and white wine at the same time, raise the heat, and bring to a rapid boil. Cook until the wines are reduced by half, then pour in the stock, heat to the boil, and cook for a couple of minutes more, stirring, untl the sauce has amalgamated and thickened slightly.
• Remove the pan from the heat, scoop out the prosciutto strips, and scatter them over the scaloppine in the baking dish, then pour the sauce all over the meat, moistening the scaloppine evenly.
• To make the gratinato: shave the chunk of Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano with a vegetable peeler, dropping thin wide flakes of cheese over the scaloppine, lightly covering them.
• Set the baking dish in the oven, and bake for 20 minutes or so, until the gratinato is nicely browned and very crisp (rotate the dish in the oven to ensure even coloring).
• Remove the dish from the oven and, with a sharp knife or a spatula, cut around the scaloppine and lift them out, one or two at a time, with the topping intact, onto a platter or dinner plates. Drizzle the pan sauce around the scaloppine-not on top-and serve immediately.