Lees Favorite Veal Francese Recipes

Steps:

• Place veal pieces between 2 sheets of waxed paper and pound with a mallet until they're thin. Season with salt and pepper. Place the beaten egg in a wide, shallow bowl. Place the flour on a wide plate. Dip the pounded veal in the egg. Remove, letting the excess egg drip off. Place each scallop in the flour, and coat lightly. Remove the scallops from the flour, and hold them in a single layer.
• Add 4 tablespoons of the butter to a saute pan large enough to hold the 6 scallops in a single layer. Melt the butter over medium-high heat. When it foams, add the veal. Saute, turning once, until the scallops are golden on the outside. Remove the scallops and hold in a single layer.
• Spill the butter out of the saute pan, and return the pan to high heat. Add the white wine and reduce it to 1/2 cup. Turn heat to very low. Swirl in the butter until the sauce is thickened. Add the reserved veal to the pan, turning them until they are coated with the sauce. Divide scallops among 2 plates, pour remaining sauce over them, serve immediately.
• Suggested drink: Antinori Castello della Sala, Sauvignon, 1996

Steps:

• Place a platter in a low oven to warm. Heat a very large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the EVOO and 2 tablespoons of the butter to the skillet.
• Season the meat or fish with salt and pepper. Coat half the meat at a time in flour, then in the eggs, adding each piece directly to the hot fat in the pan. Sauté the cutlets or fillets for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until golden and puffy. Transfer the cooked meat or fish to the warm platter and repeat with the remaining cutlets or fillets, using the remaining tablespoon of EVOO and 2 more tablespoons of the butter.
• Once all of the meat or fish has been cooked, add the nutmeg, the juice of half of the lemon, and the white wine to the pan. Scrape up the pan drippings with a whisk. Slice the remaining half lemon into thin disks and add to the sauce. Stir the capers and parsley and the remaining tablespoon of butter into the sauce. Turn off the heat. Shake the pan to combine the sauce. Arrange the lemon slices over the platter, then spoon the sauce evenly over the cutlets or fillets. Serve immediately with crusty bread and greens or spinach.

Steps:

• Place each slice of veal between 2 sheets of wax paper, and with the flat side of a meat mallet, pound the meat very thin.
• Sprinkle veal with salt and pepper, and then dredge in flour.
• Dip veal in beaten eggs and dredge again in flour, and then in the bread crumbs.
• Saute veal in the 1/2 cup melted butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 2 or 3 minutes on each side, until a light golden brown.
• Remove the veal, reserving the drippings in the skillet, and set the veal aside and keep warm.
• In the skillet that has the reserved drippings, add the chicken broth, wine, 1/4 cup butter, lemon juice, parmesan cheese and heavy cream.
• Stir well.
• Over medium heat, bring to just to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Return the reserved veal to the skillet and place the prosciutto slices on top of the veal slices, and reduce the heat, and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
• Remove veal and mixture to a serving platter, placing lemon slices either on or around the veal.
• Sprinkle with the parsley flakes and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees F.
• Heat olive oil and butter in large skillet over medium high heat.
• Dredge veal in flour.
• Mix eggs, parmesan, salt, pepper.
• dip floured scaloppine into egg batter and place in hot pan.
• Cook scaloppine in batches being careful not to crowd the pan.
• Cook until nicely browned (1 1/2-2 minutes per side).
• Remove to a platter and keep warm in oven.
• Repeat, adding more oil and butter to pan as needed until all are cooked.
• When done return all to the pan and sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Cook for 1 more minute.

Steps:

• Beat egg and 1 tbs. lemon juice with fork until light. Scatter flour on wax paper and season with salt and pepper. Heat butter and oil. Dip veal into egg mixture, then flour to coat. Add veal to skillet, browning on both sides. Remove veal, add remaining lemon juice and wine. Boil vigorously and reduce. Spoon over veal and serve with thin spaghetti coated in leftover sauce in pan.