Veal Shoulder ForestiÈre Au Riesling Food

VEAL FORESTIER

Steps:

• Start to prepare about 50 minutes before serving.
• On cutting board, with meat mallet or dull edge of French knife, pound veal cutlets to 1/8" thickness.
• Cut cutlets into about 3" by 2" pieces.
• On a sheet of waxed paper, coat cutlets lightly in flour.
• In a 10" skillet, over medium-high heat, in hot butter, cook meat, a few pieces at a time, until lightly browned on both sides, removing pieces as the brown and adding more butter as needed.
• Add mushrooms, vermouth, water, salt and pepper to skillet; heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Return meat to skillet; heat through.
• Stir in chopped parsley.
• Serve with sauteed cherry tomatoes and garnish with a sprig of parsley.

BRAISED VEAL SHOULDER

Steps:

• Dry rub veal shoulder with spices and let sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Heat butter in roasting pan over medium heat. Add veal shoulder and brown on all sides. Remove from pan. Add vegetables and cook until tender. Add flour to make roux. Whisk in your liquid and add veal shoulder. Bring to simmer on top of stove and cover with foil. Cook in the oven for 3 hours.
• Remove veal and puree sauce until smooth. Slice veal and coat with sauce to serve.

PAN ROASTED VEAL SHOULDER

Steps:

• Mince garlic with anchovies.
• If veal is encased in a net, remove net and with kitchen string tie veal crosswise at 1-inch intervals.
• Pat veal dry and sprinkle with pepper. You may want to hold off on the salt until serving because the anchovies are salty.
• In a heavy kettle just large enough to hold veal heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and brown veal well, turning it.
• Transfer veal to a plate.
• In oil remaining in kettle cook anchovy mixture, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add wine and boil 1 minute.
• Return veal to kettle and simmer, partly covered, turning veal every 20 minutes and adding water/broth or even more wine as needed (about 3 tablespoons at a time; do not let liquid completely evaporate,there should always be just enough to keep veal from sticking to kettle), 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until fork tender.
• Transfer veal to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
• Skim any fat from liquid in kettle.
• Add 1/3 cup broth and simmer, scraping up brown bits from bottom and side of kettle, until liquid has consistency of thin gravy.
• Transfer pan juices to a platter.
• Cut veal crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices and discard string.
• Arrange slices over pan juices and spoon sauce over meat.

DANIEL BOULUD'S VEAL SHOULDER FORESTIERE AU RIESLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. make 1-inch-deep incisions all over the veal and force the garlic quarters into the incisions. Rub the roast with salt, 1 tbs savory (or marjoram), and the cracked green peppercorns. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium cast-iron pot over high heat. Add the veal and sear until golden brown on all sides, 10-15 minutes. Add the butter, shallots, and sliced leek to the pot and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the turnips and cook until light golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring, until they begin to release their liquid, about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Deglaze the pot by pouring the white wine, bringing it to a simmer, and scraping up any browned bits stuck tot he bottom of the pot. Add the bouquet garni and transfer the pot to the oven. Braise, uncovered, for 45 minutes, basting and turning the roast several times. Add 1 cup of cream to the pot, cover and continue to braise until the veal is tender, about 1 hour, basting and turning the veal every 20 minutes. Remove the pot from the oven and let the meat rest for 20 minutes. Transfer the veal to a large serving planner and keep warm. Place the pot with liquid over a medium high heat, let the sauce reduce until thickened somewhat, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the sauce and vegetables around the veal. Garnish with the parsley leaves and the remaining tablespoon of savory.

VEAL SHOULDER FORESTIÈRE AU RIESLING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 325º, with the rack in center position. 2. Make 1-inch-deep incisions all over the meat with a sharp, ponted knife. Stuff the garlic quarters into the incisions, and rub the veal well with salt, 1 tablespoon of the savory and the peppercorns. 3. Heat the oil in a medium cast-iron pot or Dutch oven set over high heat. Add the veal, and sear until golden-brown on all sides, 10 to 15 minutes total. Transfer the veal to a platter. 4. Add the butter, shallots and leek to the pot, and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the turnips, and cook until light golden-brown, about 10 minutes. Season and add the wine. Bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Add the bouquet garni and the veal, and transfer the pot to the oven. 5. Braise, uncovered or loosely covered with buttered parchment paper, for 45 minutes, basting and turning the veal several times. 6. Uncover, if covered, and add 1 cup of the cream. Cover with buttered parchment, and continue braising, basting and turning the veal every 20 minutes, until the meat is very tender, about 1 hour. 7. Remove the pot from the oven, and let the veal rest for 20 minutes in the liquid. Transfer the veal to a large serving platter, and reserve, keeping warm. 8. Remove the bouquet garni, and discard. Set the pot with the liquid on the stoveset over medium-high heat, and bring to a simmer. Reduce until slightly thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. 9. Meanwhile, whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup cream with the egg yolks in a small bowl. Remove the pot from the heat, and stir in the egg-yolk mixture. Pour the sauce and vegetables around the veal. Garnish with the parsley leaves and the remaining 1 tablespoon of the savory, and serve immediately.