Veal Piccataveal Francaise Recipes

VEAL PICCATA

Steps:

• Season the veal on both sides with the salt and pepper and dredge in the flour, shaking off any excess. Place the veal on a plate.
• In a 12-inch (30-cm) skillet over medium-high heat, warm 2 tablespoons butter and the oil. Working in batches, add the veal cutlets to the skillet, being careful not to crowd the skillet.
• Cook, turning once, until golden brown, about 3 minutes total. (If using chicken or turkey, cook until no trace of pink remains, about 3 minutes per side.) Move to a platter or a baking sheet and loosely cover while you repeat with the remaining veal. If necessary, add more butter and oil to the skillet.
• Carefully add the wine to the skillet and cook, still over medium-high heat and scraping the bottom of the skillet, until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the stock and lemon slices and bring to a boil.
• Cook until the sauce is reduced by half, about 8 minutes. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, capers, and parsley and season with salt and pepper. Turn off the heat and tilt the pan to swirl the butter until it's incorporated into the sauce.
• Using tongs, place the cutlets back in the skillet, turn to coat them with the sauce, and let them warm through before arranging the cutlets on plates or a platter. Pour the remaining sauce over the cutlets and serve immediately.

VEAL PICCATA//VEAL FRANCAISE

Steps:

• for francaise beat 2 eggs, set aside.
• preheat oven to 200.
• mix flour with salt and pepper to taste.
• dredge veal in flour***.
• in a large skillet heat oil and butter, add 4 scallopine to skillet, cook 2 mins, flip and cook 2 minutes more.
• remove to ovenproof plate and place in preheated oven to keep warm.
• repeat with 4 scallopine.
• meanwhile add broth to pan, reduce by half.
• squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into broth, reduce until thickened, about 5 mins add butter a bit at a time and whisk into sauce to thicken.
• add veal back into pan, toss to coat.
• ***for veal francaise dip the floured scallops into the eggs, and place in the pan, following the instructions.

VEAL FRANCAISE

Steps:

• Prep the ingredients including juicing the one lemon and slicing the other.
• Flatten the veal cutlets to a uniform ¼ inch thickness by placing them between two sheets of wax paper and hitting them with a meat hammer, rolling pin or sauce pan.
• Season the cutlets with salt and pepper.
• If frying 4 cutlets at a time (see note below) dredge 4 of them in the flour, knocking off any exess flour and then into the beaten egg.
• Heat your fry pan up over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and when hot, add the 4 coated veal cutlets.
• Cook for 2 minutes on one side, flip and another 2 minutes on the other.
• Transfer the 4 cutlets to a plate, cover with foil and keep warm.
• Repeat the same process with the other 4 cutlets.
• After removing the last 4 cutlets from the pan, reduce heat to medium and add the chicken stock, lemon juice and wine, stir to combine.
• After 3 minutes, whisk in the butter 1 tablespoon at a time and then the heavy cream if using.
• Return the reserved veal cutlets to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes to reheat and combine with the sauce.
• Add some sauce to each plate, top with 2 cutlets, a little more sauce and sprinkle with mince parsley.
• Serve.

VEAL PICCATA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and toss in the garlic cloves. Bring the pan to a medium-high heat. Cook the garlic until it becomes golden brown and is very aromatic. Remove the garlic and discard. Raise heat to high.
• Sprinkle the veal scallops with salt. Just before placing the veal scallops in the pan with the hot oil, dredge them in flour. Working in batches, flour the veal that is going directly in the pan; do not flour ahead. When the veal has browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side, remove to a platter and keep warm in the oven.
• When all the veal has been browned, ditch the oil in the pan. Add the wine and capers and reduce by half. Add in the chicken stock, season with salt, and cook until it has slightly thickened. Swirl in the butter. When the butter has melted and is bubbly, add in the lemon juice. Taste to make sure it is delicious, add the parsley, and spoon over the veal.

SIMPLE VEAL FRANCESE

Steps:

• Place veal pieces between 2 sheets of waxed paper and pound with a mallet until they're thin. Season with salt and pepper. Place the beaten egg in a wide, shallow bowl. Place the flour on a wide plate. Dip the pounded veal in the egg. Remove, letting the excess egg drip off. Place each scallop in the flour, and coat lightly. Remove the scallops from the flour, and hold them in a single layer.
• Add 4 tablespoons of the butter to a saute pan large enough to hold the 6 scallops in a single layer. Melt the butter over medium-high heat. When it foams, add the veal. Saute, turning once, until the scallops are golden on the outside. Remove the scallops and hold in a single layer.
• Spill the butter out of the saute pan, and return the pan to high heat. Add the white wine and reduce it to 1/2 cup. Turn heat to very low. Swirl in the butter until the sauce is thickened. Add the reserved veal to the pan, turning them until they are coated with the sauce. Divide scallops among 2 plates, pour remaining sauce over them, serve immediately.
• Suggested drink: Antinori Castello della Sala, Sauvignon, 1996

VEAL FRANCESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees F.
• Heat olive oil and butter in large skillet over medium high heat.
• Dredge veal in flour.
• Mix eggs, parmesan, salt, pepper.
• dip floured scaloppine into egg batter and place in hot pan.
• Cook scaloppine in batches being careful not to crowd the pan.
• Cook until nicely browned (1 1/2-2 minutes per side).
• Remove to a platter and keep warm in oven.
• Repeat, adding more oil and butter to pan as needed until all are cooked.
• When done return all to the pan and sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Cook for 1 more minute.

VEAL PICCATA

Steps:

• Make sauce:
• Boil stock and wine in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan until reduced by about half (to about 3/4 cup), about 3 minutes. Whisk together flour and water in a cup, then whisk into stock. Boil, stirring, 1 minute, then remove from heat and stir in butter, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Keep sauce warm.
• Prepare veal:
• Cut veal into 3-inch pieces, then pat dry with paper towels. Lightly oil grill pan and heat over high heat until just smoking.
• While pan is heating, sprinkle veal with salt and pepper. Grill veal in batches, without crowding, until browned, about 30 seconds on each side, transferring with tongs to a platter. Grill lemon slices, in batches if necessary, until lightly browned, about 1 minute per side, transferring to platter with veal.
• Stir parsley into warm sauce and pour over veal.