Stuffed and Roasted Bone-in Veal Breast
- 1 6 -pound veal breast
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 large stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 pound white bread, torn in 1-inch pieces
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup finely-minced parsley
- 6 cups chicken stock
- Sweet paprika
- Arrowroot or butter, to thicken (optional)
- Cut a pocket in veal breast, or ask your butcher to do it for you.
- Season pocket with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Set aside veal to reach room temperature.
- In a skillet melt butter over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and celery and saute until onion is tender and golden.
- In a bowl combine bread and eggs; add onion mixture, parsley and 1 cup of the chicken stock.
- Season with salt and pepper; mix well.
- Stuffing should be fairly wet; add a little more chicken stock if needed.
- Using a long spoon, reach deep inside veal pocket to distribute stuffing evenly.
- Use a trussing needle and string to sew up pocket.
- Season roast on all sides with salt and pepper and liberally sprinkle top with paprika.
- Place in roasting pan, top side up, and roast 3 1/2 hours in all.
- Baste top with 1/2 cup chicken stock every 45 minutes.
- Remove roast to a carving board and let sit, loosely covered, 15 minutes while you prepare sauce.
- Set roasting pan over medium-high heat and add remaining 3 cups chicken stock.
- Deglaze pan, scraping up browned bits and incorporating them into stock.
- Boil until stock reduces to 1 1/2 cups.
- If desired, thicken sauce with arrowroot or butter, or leave as is.
- Cut center portion of veal breast along chine bone separations into 6 servings.
- Spoon gravy over each portion.
veal breast, salt, butter, onion, stalk celery, white bread, eggs, parsley, chicken stock, sweet paprika, arrowroot
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/stuffed-and-roasted-bone-in-veal-breast-recipe.html (may not work)