Veal Francese with Artichoke Hearts
- 2 3-oz veal cutlets
- 1 T butter
- 1-11/2 cups white wine
- 5 artichoke hearts, jarred in water
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 t ground white pepper
- 1/2 t dry basil
- 1/4 t sea salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 T capers
- 1 lemon
- Have the butcher filet two veal cutlets under 1/2" thick.
- Pound them with the back of a frying pan or a mallet if they are thicker.
- Drain jarred artichoke hearts of their liquid and cut into quarters.
- Gently brown them in one tablespoon butter, in a saute pan on medium low heat.
- As artichokes saute, set up two shallow bowls in which to coat the veal.
- In one bowl mix the flour, pepper, salt and basil.
- In the second bowl, beat the 2 eggs with 2 tablespoons of the wine to thin it.
- Cut half the lemon into thin 1/8" slices.
- When the artichoke quarters are a pale golden brown, set the heat on low and add 1 cup white wine to the pan with the lemon slices.
- Cover with a lid and simmer for 4 minutes, occasionally mashing the softening lemon with a wooden spoon to create a sauce.
- Add the remaining tablespoon butter and lemon juice from the remaining 1/2 lemon.
- Dredge the veal filets first in the flour mixture very lightly and then quickly coat with egg.
- (The coating of both flour and egg needs to be as thick as possible.
- Do not soak.)
- Push the softened lemon slices to the side of the pan and add more wine if the pan is drying up.
- Then add the veal cutlets and capers to simmer on low heat, shaking the pan occasionally.
- To continually keep the cutlets floating in about 1/2"-1/4" liquid, add wine as needed.
- Continue smashing the lemon slices to extract their softened centers.
- Turn the filets after 3 minutes and cook for 1 minute more on the other side.
- Transfer the cooked cutlets to a plate, give the lemon slices one last squeeze and then discard them.
- Pour the remaining sauce over the plated veal.
veal cutlets, t, white wine, hearts, flour, ground white pepper, basil, salt, eggs, t, lemon
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/veal-francese-with-artichoke-hearts (may not work)