Veal Marengo Recipes

Steps:

• Dry veal pieces with paper towel, then sprinkle lightly on all sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in heavy Dutch oven or casserole. When it begins to smoke add layer of veal. Pieces should not touch each other. Brown over moderate heat, turning pieces so they brown evenly. When first batch is brown, remove and reserve. Add second batch and continue until brown. Add more oil if needed.
• Add mushrooms to pan and brown quickly. When juice subsides, remove mushrooms. Add onions to pan and stir in hot fat until golden brown on all sides. Remove from pan.
• Pour oil from pot leaving about 2 tablespoons. Return veal to pan and add butter. Stir over low heat until butter melts. Sprinkle veal with flour. Saute over moderate heat and stir with wooden spoon until flour is absorbed.
• Add garlic, shallots, wine, stock or water, parsley, bay leaf, thyme and tomatoes. Bring to boil. Cover pan, reduce heat and simmer gently but steadily for about 45 minutes or until meat is almost entirely tender. Add more wine and stock if needed.
• Return mushrooms and onions to pan and cook for 30 minutes or until meat and onion are tender. Adjust seasonings, remove bay leaf and parsley, and skim fat from surface of sauce. If sauce seems thin, or if color needs brightening, stir in tomato puree and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Turn into serving dish and top with minced parsley and toasted French bread. Boiled potatoes, green noodles or rice are optional garnishes.

Steps:

• Step 1: Preheat oven at 325 degrees Step 2: Heat one table spoon of olive oil in a skillet. Brown the veal meat and put in a casserole. Step 3: Add another table spoon of olive oil in the skillet. Brown the minced onions over moderate heat for 5 minutes. Step 4: Add salt, pepper and flour over the meat in the casserole. Stir over moderate heat for 4 minutes. Step 5: Add white wine with the onions in the skillet. Boil for one minute. Pour onions and wine in the casserole. Bring to the simmer while stirring. Step 6: Add the tomatoes and stir. Then herbs, orange peel and juice. Bring to the simmer. Step 7: Cover. Move to the oven. Simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until veal meat is tender. Step 8: Add mushrooms. Cook in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Remove the orange peel. Decorate with fresh parsley or basil. Serving: Veal marengo stew is usually served with rice or noodles.

Steps:

• Coat veal shoulder with flour mixed with salt and pepper.
• Brown in hot oil in a large skillet. Remove veal to casserole pot or dish.
• Saute onion and garlic in the same skillet until it's golden. Deglaxe the pan with white wine and Brandy.
• Stir in chopped tomatoes and add to casserole with bay leaf, 2 sprigs parsley and thyme.
• Cover casserole.
• Bake in moderate oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until veal is almost tender.
• Add mushroom caps and bake 10 minutes longer, or until the veal is tender.
• Garnish with chopped truffles and chopped parsley.