Veal Or Chicken Hanson Food

VEAL HANSON

Steps:

• Take each slice of veal loin and pound between layers of plastic wrap until each is about 1/2-inch thick.
• Season lightly with salt and pepper on both sides, then dredge in flour. Heat olive oil and butter in a large saute pan over medium high heat. Shake off excess flour and saute cutlets for about 2 minutes per side, until lightly browned.
• Put aside on a cooling rack on top of a baking sheet. Add porter, Marsala, and chicken stock to saute pan. Let reduce on high heat for about 5 minutes. After liquid has reduced by 1/4, add the mushrooms. Reduce heat and let simmer until mushrooms soften and sauce slightly thickens, about 7 minutes.
• Add veal back to sauce to warm.

VEAL OR CHICKEN SCALOPPINE WITH SAFFRON CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper.
• Melt 1/2 T Butter and 2 tsp of oil in heavy frying pan over high heat.
• Working in batches, add meat and saute until just cooked through and golden, about 45-60 seconds per side.
• Transfer to a platter and tent with foil to keep warm. Repeat with more butter and oil as necessary.
• Melt 1 T butter and add 1 T oil in same pan over high heat. Add the mishrooms and shallots, sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute until mushrooms are golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Add wine, broth and saffron and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
• Add cream and boil until the sauce thickens slightly, stirring often, about 4 minutes.
• Add peas and return the sauce to a simmer.
• Season sauce with salt & pepper to taste.
• Pour sauce over scaloppini and serve with lemon wedges.

HYEHOLDE'S VEAL ROSSINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven: 400 degrees F.
• Season the veal with salt and pepper. Preheat olive oil in saute pan and sear veal. Finish in oven for approximately 12 minutes until medium rare.
• Remove from oven and let veal rest on a platter for 4 minutes. Add shallots to pan and sweat. Deglaze pan with Madeira wine. Add the demi-glace, salt, and pepper. Shave fresh truffles into sauce. Swirl butter into the sauce to finish.
• Preheat saute pan to sear foie gras. Season foie gras with salt and pepper. Sear both sides. Plate the veal, 1 piece on each of 4 plates. Pour the sauce over the veal and finish the dish with seared foie gras and slice truffles over dish.

SCHNITZEL

Steps:

• With a chef's knife, cut the bread (including the crusts) into 1/2- to 1-inch cubes and spread on a baking sheet in a single layer. Set them out overnight until completely dry. Alternatively, place the baking sheet in a 200-degree oven until the bread is completely dry but not browned at all, turning and stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Transfer dried bread to a mini chopper or food processor, and process until as fine as possible, about 1 minute.
• Transfer bread crumbs to a fine-mesh strainer set over a large bowl. Sift the fine crumbs into the bowl, leaving behind coarser crumbs. Discard the coarse crumbs, or process and sift again. (You can repeat this several times, but there are diminishing returns.)
• Working one at a time, place a cutlet between two sheets of parchment paper or in a heavy-duty zip-top bag. Pound with a flat mallet or the bottom of a skillet or saucepan, aiming at the thickest parts with the heel of the pan. The goal is to stretch the pork cutlets to about four times their original surface area (twice as wide, twice as long) with about 1/8-inch thickness. Do not pound so aggressively that the meat tears or frays. Transfer to a large plate or tray, season lightly with salt and pepper, and repeat with remaining cutlets.
• When ready to cook, heat oven to 225 degrees. Set up a breading station next to the stove with four rimmed baking sheets or dishes large enough to fit one cutlet with plenty of space around it. Leave the one farthest from the stove empty, add flour to the second, beaten eggs to the third, and the bread crumbs to the one closest to the stove. (It will seem like too many bread crumbs, and that is OK.)
• Add the vodka to a small bowl. Nearby, have a pastry brush, a clean kitchen towel, a timer, a large fork or thin slotted spatula, a large plate lined with paper towels, extra paper towels, a cooling rack set in a rimmed sheet pan, a fine-mesh fat skimmer in a small saucepan or heatproof bowl, and an instant-read thermometer.
• When ready to cook, heat the lard in a large wok, Dutch oven or deep, steep-walled sauté pan over medium-high until it registers 375 to 400 degrees on the instant-read thermometer. Adjust flame to maintain that temperature throughout the cooking process.
• Working one at a time, place a cutlet in the empty rimmed baking sheet. Brush the meat with vodka, completely covering both sides with a thin layer. Immediately transfer the cutlet to the flour. Gently shake the baking sheet. Then, using your fingertips, pick up the cutlet from one edge and flip it over. Shake the baking sheet again to coat the second side with flour. Pick up the cutlet with your fingertips, shake gently to knock off excess flour, then inspect to ensure that there is a thin, even layer of flour across the whole cutlet. If necessary, re-dredge it to cover up any un-floured spots, but be careful not to fold the cutlet, which can cause the flour to bunch.
• Lay the cutlet onto the eggs. Shake the baking sheet gently. Using your fingertips, pick up the cutlet from one edge and flip it over. Pick up the cutlet with your fingertips, allowing excess egg to drain for a few seconds, then inspect to ensure that the cutlet is thoroughly coated. If necessary, dip the cutlet back into the egg to cover any dry spots.
• Transfer the cutlet to the bread crumbs. Using your fingers, scoop crumbs from around the cutlet and pile them on top, completely covering the cutlet. Do not press on the crumbs or cutlet at any point. Shake the baking sheet for a few seconds. Then, using your fingertips, pick up the cutlet from one edge, flip it, and return it to the bread crumbs. Shake the baking sheet, then pick up the cutlet with your fingertips and gently shake off excess crumbs, being careful not to fold or crease the cutlet.
• Carefully lay the cutlet onto the hot fat, starting near you and draping it away from you to avoid accidentally splashing yourself with hot oil. As fast as you can, wipe your fingers clean on the kitchen towel. Then, start swirling the pan, allowing the fat to splash over and around the cutlet for exactly 30 seconds. Using the fork or a thin, slotted spatula, pick up the cutlet from one edge and carefully flip it, being careful not to splash hot fat. Continue to cook, swirling. The cutlet should start to puff and inflate. Keep cooking while swirling until the cutlet is golden brown and crisp, about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
• Using the fork or slotted spatula, pick up the cutlet from one edge and transfer to the paper towel-lined plate. Blot the top very gently with an extra paper towel, then transfer to the rack on the rimmed baking sheet and transfer to the oven to keep warm. Use the fine-mesh strainer to skim off the foam and remove as many stray bread crumbs from the fat as possible.
• Reheat the fat to 375 to 400 degrees and repeat Steps 7 to 11 for the remaining cutlets.
• Serve cutlets immediately with lemon wedges, lingonberry jam or cranberry sauce.

VEAL OR CHICKEN SCALOPPINE MARSALA

Steps:

• Place the meat between two sheets of plastic wrap and beat it with a mallet to flatten all slices to the same thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and dredge each slice in flour.
• In a heavy skillet over a medium flame, heat 3 tablespoons of oil and sauté the scaloppine on both sides.
• Prepare scallops as per above directions. Add butter to the skillet with meat and as soon as it melts add Marsala wine, the water and sauté over a high flame until the liquid is slightly reduced.
• Arrange on a serving dish; top with its sauce and some chopped parsley.
• To add mushrooms:.
• Prepare scallops as per above directions and set aside.
• In the same skillet, heat 3 tablespoons of oil over a medium heat.
• Add onions until light golden, about 5 minute Add sliced mushrooms, salt and pepper, cook on a medium heat for about 7 minutes.
• Place in a colander to drip any excess oil and return to the skillet.
• Add the scallops, the Marsala, ¼ cup of water, some of the parsley and sauté over a medium high heat until the liquid is slightly reduced, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Arrange on a serving dish, and top with its sauce, the mushrooms and some chopped parsley.

TERESA'S VEAL -OR-CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Dust veal/chicken with flour.
• Season with salt/pepper.
• Saute in oil until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
• Remove meat from pan and keep warm.
• Add garlic, saute 1 minute.
• Add broth and wine, bring to a boil.
• Reduce to 1/3 cup.
• Stir in capers and lemon slices.
• Return to boil and add butter and parsley.
• Add meat back to pan and warm through.
• Serve with pasta or rice-garnish with parsley and lemon slices if desired.

BLANQUETTE DE VEAU

Steps:

• In a 4-quart casserole place stock, veal, onion, celery, leeks, garlic, 1 cup mushrooms, thyme and parsley sprigs, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, skimming frequently.
• Boil pearl onions for 5 minutes. Drain. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add remaining mushrooms and cook until tender. Toss in onions. Set aside.
• When veal is tender, drain it. Reserve 3 cups stock, discarding vegetables and herbs. Wipe out casserole and melt butter in it. Whisk in flour, cook one minute. Whisk in stock, cook 5 minutes. Whisk in cream. Add veal, mushrooms and onions. Simmer 5 minutes and re-season. Serve, garnished with chopped parsley.

PORK, VEAL, OR CHICKEN SCHNITZEL

Steps:

• also requires: 2 large pieces of wax paper for each breast used 1 large baking pan or cooky sheet in a 200-250 degree oven for keeping meat hot while cooking successive pieces.
• 1 piece of paper towel to put between layers of meat in the low hot oven to keep pieces from sticking together.
• Place a piece of breast in between 2 large pieces of wax paper.
• Using the smooth side of a meat tenderizer, pound until very thin.
• (Turn over so that you can pound on both sides of the meat.) The breast will become very large and you will actually be able to get at least 2 large servings from each breast.
• After pounding each piece of meat, place on a large serving plate without removing the wax paper and chill well in the refrigerator.
• When ready to cook do the following-- Place the eggs in a glass pie pan with the water, salt, and pepper and mix well.
• Place the flour in another container next to the seasoned eggs.
• Place the bread crumbs in another container on the other side of the seasoned eggs.
• Start heating up the cooking oil in a large frying pan on medium high heat.
• DO NOT get oil too hot-- but hot enough so that it will cook the meat quickly without burning either the meat or the oil.
• After removing the wax paper from each side of the meat, dip each piece of meat in the eggs, then the flour, then the eggs again, then the breadcrumbs.
• Fry until golden brown on each side.
• Place each piece of cooked meat in the oven using paper towel pieces to separate the pieces from each other.
• When finished cooking serve with slices or wedges of fresh lemon.
• NOTE** This meat dish is traditionally served with either pomme frits (french fries) or home fried potatoes and salad.
• I find it is good with most side dishes.
• It is such a favorite in our home that family members fight over the leftover pieces eating them cold right from the refrigerator.

VEAL OR CHICKEN HAM AND SAUSAGE BUNDLE ( FEUILLETON DE VEAU)

Steps:

• In bowl break down sausage meat, add the chopped onions and chives, mix well.
• Gradually add the double cream, brandy, pistachio nuts, salt, milled pepper and the beaten egg mixing well to assure mixture is uniform.
• Bat out each escapole thinly - flatten veal between 2 sheets of non stick paper, try to make them the same length and width.
• Brush piece of foil large enough to make for a cover for the bundle with butter, place 6 slices of bacon length wise and 6 up and down.
• Place veal scallop over the bacon strips length wise, spread a little of the meat mixture over top, top with ham, more mixture, continue layering ending with veal.
• Bring sides of bacon together, then the ends, bringing up the foil to make for a tight bundle which resembles a roast.
• Place in roasting pan, cover with lid bake in a 325 oven for 1 3/4 hours, removing the lid after one hour.
• When cooked remove from pan, leave in foil and refrigerate until well chilled.
• Served on a platter with slices showing the layering makes for great presentation.
• Serving size a quesstimate as it depends on just how many items on the brunch or buffet table.

VEAL OR CHICKEN HANSON

Steps:

• Take veal or chicken & pound thin between 2 pieces of plastic wrap until 1/2" thick. Season lightly with salt & pepper on both sides & then dredge in flour.
• Heat olive oil & butter in a large pan over medium heat, shake off excess flour from veal & saute about 2 minutes per side until lightly browned. Remove & set aside.
• To pan add molasses, wine & stock. Let reduce on high heat for 5 minutes, after reduction of 1/4th, add mushrooms. Reduce heat, cover & simmer until mushrooms soften & sauce thickens slightly, about 7 minutes.
• Add veal back to pan & warm.
• Serve with fettucine that has been cooked & then tossed with a little olive oil, parmesan cheese & parsley.