Veal Siciliano Recipes

SICILIAN VEAL INVOLTINI

Steps:

• Soak 4 wood skewers in water to prevent them from burning. Alternately, cover the ends of each skewer with foil.

CLASSIC VEAL PICCATA IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the flour, salt, and pepper on a plate or in a shallow baking dish.
• Heat a heavy-bottomed sauté pan over medium-high heat for 2 minutes and let your pan get nice and hot . Once it is, add the oil and heat for another 30 seconds or so.
• Now dredge both sides of the veal cutlets in the flour mixture.
• Shake off any excess flour and cook them in batches, rather than overcrowding the pan.
• Cook 2 to 3 minutes per side or until the cutlets are nicely browned.
• Remove them from the pan and set aside on a plate, covered with foil, while you make the sauce. (You can hold them in a very low-temperature oven if you like.)
• Add the stock, sherry, lemon juice, and capers to the pan and scrape off any flavorful bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, then lower it to a simmer and cook for about 3 minutes or until the mixture has reduced by about a third.
• Swirl in the butter and chopped parsley just at the end of the cooking. Adjust seasoning with kosher salt and more lemon juice if needed.
• Plate the cutlets, 2 per person, and garnish with lemon slices. Sauce generously and serve immediately. Enjoy.

VEAL CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle.
• Bring wine to a simmer in a small saucepan. Stir in porcini and remove from heat.
• Pat veal dry and season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a wide 6-to 8-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown veal, turning, about 12 minutes.
• Transfer veal to a plate. Discard fat from pot and add remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add pancetta and sauté over medium-high heat until it begins to brown. Add onions and sauté until softened, about 8 minutes.
• Drain porcini in a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl, pressing on mushrooms and reserving wine. Coarsely chop porcini and add to pancetta mixture with carrots, celery, and garlic. Sauté until softened, about 8 minutes. Stir in wine and cook until most has evaporated, about 2 minutes.
• Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to pot with their juice. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 15 minutes. Add veal with meat juices from plate, rosemary, bay leaves, and olives. Cover pot and braise veal in oven, turning roast occasionally, until center of meat is fork-tender, 2 3/4 to 3 hours.
• Transfer veal to a cutting board and let stand, loosely covered. Simmer sauce over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and a pinch of sugar if desired. Cut off strings from roast and discard bay leaves and rosemary. Thickly slice veal and return to pot, basting with sauce.

SICILIAN VEAL ROULADES

Steps:

• Flatten the veal cutlets with a meat mallet and marinate them in the vinegar with the lemon zest and a few grains of black pepper.
• Chop the garlic and parsley. Mix with the grated Pecorino Siciliano in a soup bowl.
• Beat the eggs in a separate bowl.
• Remove the slices of veal from the marinade and dry them with paper towels.
• Dip them in the egg, then in the spiced Pecorino Siciliano cheese, on one side only.
• Roll the slices with the cheese on the inside and pin the edges with a tooth pick.
• Dip the roulades in the egg again, and then cover in the breadcrumbs.
• In a deep pan fry the roulades in abundant oil, turning them frequently.
• Serve immediately.
• Serves 4.
• That's it!

VEAL SPIEDINI - STUFFED, SKEWERED, AND GRILLED

Steps:

• On a clean cutting board, lay out the pounded veal cutlets.
• Cut each cutlet across in 1/3rd's, to make 3 (4-inch) long pieces from every cutlet. Season each piece with salt and pepper, then place 1/2 teaspoon of softened whipped butter on each slice and spread it evenly across.
• In a mixing bowl, add the bread crumbs, onions, garlic, parsley, and both of the grated cheeses, season with cracked black pepper and toss well to mix.
• Drizzle the bread crumb mixture with the olive oil to moisten the crumbs, and mix well with your hands to incorporate.
• Place a heaping tablespoon of the mixture on each slice and roll up, tucking in the sides as you go, spring roll fashion, to secure the filling inside. Some veal rolls will be longer than others, and can be cut in 1/2 to even out. Save the extra rolls to make 1 more skewer.
• Top each veal roll with 1 fresh bay leaf and 1 red onion wedge, and then place 3 of the topped rolls on 1 skewer, so that each skewer has 3 of everything on it.
• You should make 12 skewers with 3 rolls per skewer, by using the extra meat you trimmed from the longer rolls.
• Place on a pregreased hot grill, and grill for about 2 minutes on each side, brushing again with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.
• If you do not have a grill, you can place under the broiler about 8 to 10 inches from the flame, and watch carefully, cooking for 2 minutes per side.

GRILLED VEAL CHOP SICILIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Mix the tomato, onion, olives, capers, basil, chili peppers, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and the vinegar together in a bowl. Add salt and pepper.
• Preheat a grill or broiler. Brush the veal chops with the remaining olive oil. Place them on a hot grill or under the broiler, and cook, turning them once. For medium rare to medium, cooking time is 10 to 15 minutes.
• To serve, line individual plates with a bed of arugula. Remove the chops from the grill or broiler and place on the arugula and top each with the tomato mixture. Grind black pepper over the top.

VEAL SICILIANO

Steps:

• Soak veal cutlets in a bowl of water for about 5 minutes. Place flour in a ziplock bag and add a dash of salt and pepper. Place veal cutlets in bag and evenly coat with flour. In a 5 quart saute pan melt butter over medium high heat and add minced garlic. Place coated veal cutlets in saute pan and brown on each side for about 5 minutes. Remove veal from pan. Place a medium size pot of water on the stove to boil over high heat. Then add the butter and minced garlic to the same saute pan and saute garlic over medium high heat. Add the onion, mushrooms, peppers and brocolli and cook until onions and peppers become tender. Add tomatoes, basil, parsley, oregano and rosemary. Saute for about another minute and deglaze pan with white wine. Add chicken broth cover with lid and simmer for 5 minutes. Place chicken in the saute pan and replace lid and simmer for another 10 minutes. Add the egg noodles to the boiling water until they become tender. In a small bowl combine corn starch and water, mixing well. Slowly stir in mixture to saute pan. Mixture should become thicker once it has simmered for another 2 minutes. Drain noodles and divide onto 6 plates. Scoop one piece of veal onto each plate and then spoon vegetables and wine sauce over veal and noodles and serve