Veal Steak Recipes

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.

PAN-SEARED VEAL STEAKS WITH GREEN PEPPERCORNS

Steps:

• Put veal steaks on a platter and season on both sides with salt. Sprinkle with lemon zest, garlic and thyme sprigs and set aside for an hour (or refrigerate for up to 3 hours, then bring to room temperature). Just before cooking, scrape aromatics from steaks and dust lightly on both sides with flour.
• Put olive oil in a wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add veal steaks and cook until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes, then turn and cook for 2 minutes more. Remove and keep warm. Wipe skillet clean, then add butter and diced shallot. Season lightly with salt and cook, stirring, until shallot is soft and beginning to color, about 3 minutes.
• Turn heat to high, add peppercorns and cook for 1 minute. Add stock and simmer until reduced by nearly half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add crème fraîche and brandy and stir to incorporate. Return veal to pan and continue simmering until sauce thickens a bit, about 2 minutes more.
• Distribute steaks among 4 warmed plates. Spoon sauce over steaks, sprinkle with parsley and crispy shallot, if using, and serve immediately.

VEAL STEAKS WITH MUSHROOMS AS I LIKE IT!

Steps:

• First you have to prepare everything in advance - everything will be fast.
• Cut the mushrooms into thin leaves, grate the lemon zest, prepare the lemon juice, and mince garlic.
• Heat the butter (not all) and olive oil and fry (on strong fire) previously seasoned veal steaks until they turn brownish (about 4 min per side). Remove the steaks into warm environment (80-100°C stove) and put mushrooms into the frying pan.
• Add some butter and salt mushrooms a bit. Sauté mushrooms about 10 minutes; covered.
• Return the veal (with all juices) into pan; add garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, minced parsley leaves and wine into pan and sauté on heavy fire until alcohol evaporates (it takes 2-4 minutes).
• At the end add "buerre manie" - a French thing quite simple; melt butter and add flour (you can dry fry flour before to brown it a bit), stir, and than add into a meal to connect juices.
• Serve warm with mashed potato, cooked potato, rice, risotto Milanese or pasta. Cherry tomato salad with green lettuce is also nice salad. Of course, use the white wine to drink with the meal.

VEAL STEAK

Steps:

• Trim steak, and season. Heat frying pan and melt butter. Place meat in the melted butter and brown slowly for 25 to 30 minutes, turning from side to side until meat is tender and golden brown. Serve with oven-browned potatoes and a tossed salad.