Veal Chops With Fontina Food

VEAL CHOP SALTIMBOCCA MILANESE STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Using a sharp thin knife, cut a slit into the flesh side of the veal chop almost to the bone. With your hand placing pressure on the top of the chop, move the knife in a slicing motion to form a 3-inch pocket in the chop. Cover the chop with a piece of plastic wrap. Using the flat side of a meat mallet or a small heavy skillet, gently pound the chop until it is about 1/3-inch thick. Remove the plastic wrap and discard.
• Stuff one piece of the fontina cheese into the pocket of veal and close the meat around it. On one side of the chop, place 3 small sage leaves on the meat. Cover the sage leaves with 2 pieces of cheese and follow that it with 2 pieces of prosciutto. Turn the chop over and repeat on the other side.
• Place the flour, egg and breadcrumbs in 3 separate shallow dishes and season each of them with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Season the flour with the pepper. Dredge both sides of the wrapped veal chop in the flour and shake off the excess. Then place the chop into the egg, and then into the panko packing the breadcrumbs on to the chop to help them stick.
• In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. When the oil is hot, add the breaded chop and cook for about 2 minutes or until the breadcrumbs on the first side are golden brown. Using tongs or a spatula, carefully flip the chop and continue to cook until the other side is golden brown as well. Remove the chop to a baking tray and place in the preheated oven for about 8 to 10 minutes until cooked to 155°F. Allow the veal to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
• Serve topped with Parmesan shavings and fried sage along with a grilled lemon on the side if desired.

VEAL CHOPS STUFFED WITH FONTINA CHEESE & SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut pocket in veal chop. Lightly salt pocket. Place layer of spinach in pocket and top layer with Fontina and Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese. Seal with a toothpick to hold mixture in pocket. Lightly dredge stuffed veal chop in flour. Salt and pepper outside of floured veal chop.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter and olive oil in cast iron pan. Place veal chops and sage in pan and sear for 2½ minutes per side. Add tomato paste in middle of pan and pour wine over tomato sauce, stir together and cook until reduced by half (approximately 3-4 minutes). Add remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and whisk into sauce. Add chicken stock, salt and bring to boil.
• Cover pan and place in oven to roast 15 minutes. Uncover pan and roast another 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven. If sauce is too thin, thicken by putting on burner over high heat for about 1 minute.
• To serve place veal chop on plate and drizzle sauce on each veal chop.

VEAL SALTIMBOCCA WITH SPINACH & FONTINA CHEESE

Steps:

• Pound veal cutlets between two sheets of wax paper. Lightly, salt and pepper both sides.
• In large frying pan, melt 2 tablespoons butter with 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium/high heat. Working in batches, dredge veal in flour and cook 1 to 2 minutes per side or until lightly browned on bottom only. (adding more butter/oil as necessary) Remove from heat and onto platter (keeping unused oil in pan).
• Add garlic and mushrooms to pan and saute. Add 2 tablespoons flour and combine. Add wine and beef base. Whisk in 2 tablespoons butter.
• Layer veal with spinach leaves, prosciutto, then cheese slices (cut to fit) on each cutlet. Return veal to pan and cook until cheese melts on top.
• Pour mushrooms and sauce over veal.
• Garnish with parsley and serve.

VEAL CHOPS STUFFED WITH FONTINA, PANCETTA, AND PORCINIS AND SERVED WITH BRAISED PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• For the veal: Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan until almost smoking. Sear the chops on both sides until golden brown. Place them in the oven and continue cooking for 5 to 7 minutes for medium doneness. Remove the chops to a plate.
• Remove all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the pan and place over high heat on the stove. Add the shallot and cook until soft. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half. Add the stock and cook until reduced by half. Add the fresh thyme and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place the chops on a plate and pour the sauce over.
• For the peas and carrots: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. Add the carrots and garlic and cook until the carrots are slightly softened. Add the stock and thyme, cover the pan and bring to a simmer. Place the carrots in the oven and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the lid and continue cooking for 10 to 15 minutes, add peas during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• Slice a slit horizontally in the side of each chop. Place 2 slices of fontina, 1 slice of pancetta and a quarter of the mushrooms in each opening. Season each chop on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice the mushrooms into 1/4-inch thick slices. Heat the oil in a large saute pan until almost smoking. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook until golden brown. Add the garlic and thyme and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Set aside and let cool.

VEAL CHOPS WITH SPINACH AND PANCETTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the veal and sear until browned, about 5 minutes per side. Lower the heat and cook about 20 minutes. Set aside and keep warm.
• Add the pancetta to the pan stirring, until browned, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic. Begin adding spinach, turning with tongs, adding more as it wilts until all is in the pan. Cook for 2 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
• Season the chops with salt and pepper to taste, divide among 4 plates, and spoon spinach mixture on top. Serve immediately.

VEAL CHOPS STUFFED WITH TALEGGIO AND BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Cook the broccoli florets in a medium saucepan of boiling salted water until tender but still bright green, about 4 minutes. Drain the broccoli and rinse under cold water until cool. Drain thoroughly.
• Pass the tomatoes and their liquid through a food mill fitted with the fine disc, or blend them in a food processor or blender, using quick on/off pulses, just until smooth. (Overblending the tomatoes will incorporate air into them and turn them pink.)
• Make 4 more or less even stacks with the cheese slices and cover each with a folded slice of prosciutto. Lay the broccoli florets along one edge of each stack, dividing the florets evenly. Roll the cheese and prosciutto around the broccoli into neat and compact rolls. Set the rolls aside.
• Lay a veal chop flat on a cutting board. Following the illustrations on pages 222-3, make a horizontal cut through the meat all the way to the bone and open the chop up, butterflying it. With the smooth side of a meat mallet, gently pound each side until the veal is about 3/8 inch thick. Place a cheese roll over one side of the butterflied veal chop, close to the bone. Fold the other side of the chop over the filling to completely enclose the filling. Pound around the edges of the stuffed chop with the toothed side of the meat mallet to seal in the stuffing. For an extra measure of security, you may fasten the edges of the stuffed chop with a toothpick. Press the stuffed chops gently, to flatten them slightly. Repeat with the remaining chops and cheese rolls. Season the stuffed chops with salt and pepper, then dredge them in flour to coat all sides lightly.
• Heat the oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat until the butter is light brown. Add the chops to the pan and cook until the underside is golden, about 4 minutes. (If your skillet isn't large enough to accommodate all four chops, divide the chops and sauce ingredients between two skillets.) Turn the chops, scatter the sage leaves around them and cook until the second side is golden, about 3 minutes. Remove the chops from the pan and drain the fat, reserving the sage leaves.
• Return the chops to the pan, pour in the wine and add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Bring to a boil and cook until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, bring to a boil, then pour in the stock. Bring to a boil, lower the heat so the sauce is simmering and cook, covered, until no trace of pink remains near the bone and the sauce is syrupy, about 12 minutes.Turn the chops and baste them with the sauce several times as they simmer.
• The chops can also be finished in the oven: Preheat oven to 375° F. After adding stock to the pan, set the uncovered pan in a hot oven and bake, basting periodically for 15 minutes. Transfer the chops to warm plates and spoon some of the sauce over each. For a clearer sauce, strain it as you spoon it over the chops.
• Snap off the tough ends of four thin asparagus spears. Peel the stalk up to the tips and cut them into 1-inch lengths, leaving the tips intact. Cook the asparagus pieces in a small saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain the asparagus and plunge it into a bowl of cold water. Let stand until chilled. Drain the asparagus thoroughly. Prepare the veal chops as described above, substituting Fontina for the Taleggio and the cooked asparagus for the broccoli.

VEAL CHOPS WITH FONTINA

Steps:

• Arrange an oven rack to accommodate the covered saucepan, and heat the oven to 400°.
• Trim the chops, leaving only a thin layer of fat. With a sharp, thin knife, slice horizontally into the outer edge of each chop, splitting the meaty portion in two almost all the way to the bone, forming a pocket for stuffing. With the mallet, pound and spread the meaty part, flattening it to 1/2-inch thickness. Lift the top flap of the meat you just sliced apart, hold it up, and pound the bottom flap of meat a few more times, spreading it thinner and wider than the upper flap. When all the chops are sliced and pounded, salt them on both sides, using a teaspoon in all.
• Toss together the shredded fontina and the grana (grated Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), and divide the cheeses into six equal portions. One at a time, lightly compress the cheese portions into oval patties, and slip them into the sliced chop pockets. Fold the larger bottom meat flap over the top flap-enclosing the cheese-and thread a toothpick through both flaps to keep them together. (The chops can be prepared up to this point a day in advance, sealed in plastic wrap, and refrigerated.)
• Put 2 tablespoons of the butter and the olive oil in the big pan, and set over medium-high heat. Spread the flour on a plate, dredge each chop on both sides, shake off excess flour, and lay it in the pan. When all the chops are in the pan, drop the sage leaves in between them. Cook the chops for 5 minutes or more, turning them once or twice, until well browned on both sides.
• Clear a space in the pan bottom, drop in the tomato paste, and toast it in the hot spot for a minute. Pour the wine over the tomato paste, stir them together, and shake the pan to distribute the liquid. Bring it to a boil, and cook for 3 minutes or so, to reduce.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and whisk it into the pan liquid. Turn the chops over, pour in the chicken stock, sprinkle on the remaining salt, and bring to a boil.
• Cover the pan, and place in the oven. Roast for about 15 minutes, then remove the cover and roast another 10 minutes or so, until the chops are done and the sauce has thickened.
• Remove from the oven, and place the chops on a warm platter. (Drape a towel over the handle of the pan when it comes out of the oven to remind you it is very hot.) If the sauce is thin, put the pan over high heat and reduce until the sauce has the consistency you like.
• Serve right away-while the cheese is still oozing-arranging all the chops on a warm platter and spooning the sauce over, family-style, or on warm dinner plates with mashed potatoes alongside and sauce drizzled over. (If you do have fresh white truffle, shave it on the top of each chop at this moment.)

VEAL CHOPS WITH FONTINA RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Arrange an oven rack to accommodate the covered saucepan, and heat oven to 400 degrees. Trim the chops, leaving only a thin layer of fat. With a sharp, thin knife, slice horizontally into the outer edge of each chop, splitting the meaty portion in two almost all the way to the bone, forming a pocket for stuffing. With the mallet, pound and spread the meaty part, flattening it to 1/2-inch thickness. Lift the top flap of the meat you just sliced apart, hold it up, and pound the bottom flap of meat few more times, spreading it thinner and wider than the upper flap. When all the chops are sliced and pounded, salt them on both sides, using a teaspoon in all. Toss together the shredded fontina and the grana (grated Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), and divide the cheeses into six equal portions. One at a time, lightly compress the cheese portions into oval patties, and slip them into the sliced chop pockets. Fold the larger bottom meat flap over the top flap - enclosing the cheese-and thread a toothpick through both flaps to keep them together. (The chops can be prepared up to this point a day in advance, sealed in plastic wrap and refrigerated.) Put 2 tablespoons of the butter and the olive oil in the big pan, and set over medium-high heat. Spread the flour on a plate, dredge each chop on both sides, shake off excess flour, and lay it in the pan. When all the chops are in the pan, drop the sages leaves in between them. Cook the chops for 5 minutes or more, turning them once or twice, until well browned on both sides. Clear a space in the pan bottom, drop in the tomato paste, and toast it in the hot spot for a minute. Pour the wine over the tomato paste, stir them together, and shake the pan to distribute the liquid. Bring it to a boil, and cook for 3 minutes or so, to reduce. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and whisk it into the pan liquid. Turn the chops over, pour in the chicken stock, sprinkle on the remaining salt, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan, and place in the oven. Roast for about 15 minutes, then remove the cover and roast another 10 minutes or so, until the chops are done and the sauce has thickened. Remove from the oven, and place the chops on a warm platter. (Drape a towel over the handle of the pan when it comes out of the oven to remind you it is very hot.) If the sauce is thin, put the pan over high heat and reduce until the sauce has the consistency you like. Serve right away-while the cheese is still oozing-arranging all the chops on a warm platter and spooning the sauce over, family-style, or on warm dinner plates with mashed potatoes alongside and sauce drizzled over. (If you do have fresh white truffle, shave it on the top of each chop at this moment.)

PAN SEARED VEAL CHOP WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Rub the chops with the garlic and rosemary, 1 tablespoon oil and salt and pepper and let sit on a plate for 15 minutes. Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat and add remaining oil. Add chops to pan and cook until golden brown and then flip. Remove chops from pan to a baking dish and roast in 375 degrees F. oven for 10 minutes. Add wine and stock to cast iron pan and stir up brown bits from bottom. Serve chops with juice from pan.