Italian Veal Pie Food

VALERIE'S ITALIAN VEGGIE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to brown, 5 minutes. Add the shallots and saute for another 5 minutes. Add the spinach, Italian seasoning, a large pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Cook, stirring, until the spinach is wilted, a few minutes more. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Pat the crescent roll dough into a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish.
• In a large bowl, mix together the sauteed vegetables, mozzarella, Parmesan and eggs. Pat the mixture into the crescent roll dough.
• Bake until golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.

CLASSIC ITALIAN VEAL SPEZZATINO

Steps:

• Mix cornstarch, paprika, and pepper in a mixing bowl. Pat veal chunks dry and toss them with cornstarch mixture to coat.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add veal pieces to the pot, one by one, and brown on all sides. Set aside leftover cornstarch.
• Reduce heat slightly and add onion, carrot, celery, and red chile pepper; cook until fragrant, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour in broth and wine. Deglaze pot using a wooden spoon to scrape any browned bits off the bottom. Add potatoes, tomatoes, peas, and bay leaf. Stir and cover.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until veal is fork-tender, potatoes are cooked, and liquid has thickened, about 1 hour. Add some water from time to time to keep the stew from burning, but don't let it get soupy. Add leftover cornstarch if the stew needs thickening at the end.

ITALIAN FRITTATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir salami, artichokes, tomatoes, and mushrooms until heated through, about 4 minutes. Transfer salami mixture to baking dish.
• Whisk eggs, milk, green onions, garlic, basil, onion powder, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl; pour eggs over salami mixture. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake until eggs are set and cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.

VEAL PIE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350, grease a 9" pie plate.
• heat olive oil in a skillet, add onion cook until softened, 3 minutes.
• add zucchini, herbes de provence, salt pepper and cook 5 minutes more, remove from heat and cool.
• meanwhile mix veal, egg, garlic,3 tbsp parsley, salt pepper and herbs.
• sprinkle the greased pie plate with bread crumbs to cover bottom lightly.
• add half of the zucchini mix.
• top with veal mix and cover with remaining zucchini mix.
• mix together remaining bread crumbs, parsley and parmesan and sprinkle over the top.
• drizzle with olive oil.
• bake 20-30 minutes until cooked through.

VEAL CHOPS ITALIANO

Steps:

• If using dried thyme, rub it between your palms for a few seconds to release the oils and crush it to a course powder.
• Sprinkle the chops with the thyme, salt and pepper to taste.
• In a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, brown the chops on both sides using 2T of the oil.
• Remove the chops to a plate and add the shallots, garlic and crushed red pepper to the pan with another 1T of oil.
• When the garlic and shallots soften and start to brown, add the wine and boil until reduced by half, then add the tomatoes and their juices.
• As soon as the tomatoes start to boil, add the chops back to the pan, reduce the heat to medium and cover for about 10 minutes or so, just until the chops are about medium rare (or to taste).
• Remove the chops to a serving platter and add the butter and half of the parsley to the pan, swirling until the butter just melts and the sauce starts to thicken.
• Spoon the sauce over the chops, then drizzle the remaining 1T of olive oil over and sprinkle with the remaining parsley.