A dish that embodies both elegance and rustic charm, veal scallopini with brown butter and capers is a culinary delight that will tantalize your taste buds and transport you to the heart of Italian cuisine. This classic dish features tender, thinly sliced veal that is dredged in flour and sautéed to perfection, resulting in a crispy exterior and a deliciously succulent interior. The rich brown butter, infused with the nutty flavor of browned butter, adds a velvety smoothness to the dish, while the zesty tang of capers provides a delightful contrast. Whether you are entertaining guests or simply seeking a memorable meal for yourself, veal scallopini with brown butter and capers is an exceptional choice that is sure to impress.
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VEAL SCALLOPINI WITH BROWN BUTTER AND CAPERS
Provided by Shelley Wiseman
Categories Quick & Easy Dinner Meat Veal Pan-Fry Capers Gourmet Sugar Conscious Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat a 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over high heat until hot, then add oil and heat until it shimmers.
- Meanwhile, stir together flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, then pat veal dry and dredge in flour, knocking off excess.
- Cook veal in 2 batches, turning once, until browned and just cooked through, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per batch. Transfer to a plate.
- Discard oil from skillet, then add butter and cook over medium heat, shaking skillet frequently, until browned and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in vinegar, capers, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Return veal to skillet just to heat through, then sprinkle with parsley.
VEAL SCALLOPINI WITH LEMON AND CAPERS
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Pat the veal dry with paper towels and sprinkle it lightly with the salt.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan (preferably large enough to hold all the veal in a single layer) over medium-high heat.
- Put as much of the veal as fits in a single layer in the pan (it is important you don't crowd the pan) and cook until it has started to brown and releases from the surface of the pan-about 2 minutes.
- Turn the cutlets and cook them until they're cooked through and browned on the second side-about 2 more minutes. Transfer the veal to a plate. Repeat with any remaining veal, as necessary.
- Return the frying pan to the heat. Add the capers to the pan and let them sizzle for about 30 seconds.
- Add the white wine and use a spatula to help scrape up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
- Whisk together and cook until the wine is reduced by at least half, about 2 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and stir to combine.
- Swirl in the pieces of butter, whisking if you like, to make a sauce. Taste and add salt if needed.
- Return all of the veal to the pan to coat it in the sauce.
- Divide the arugula among 4 plates. Drizzle a bit of the sauce over each serving of arugula before placing the veal on top of the salad. Drizzle any remaining sauce evenly over the veal.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 367 kcal, Carbohydrate 15 g, Cholesterol 94 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 15 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, Sodium 632 mg, Sugar 1 g, Fat 26 g, ServingSize 1 dozen (12 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
VEAL WITH LEMON AND CAPERS
Steps:
- Pour the flour mixture on a plate, and season with salt and pepper. Dredge the scaloppini in the flour and shake off the excess, set aside. Melt butter and olive oil together in a skillet over medium fire. Add scaloppini to skillet and brown on both sides. Set aside until all the veal has been cooked. After the veal has been removed from the pan, add the chicken stock to the pan over high heat and scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen the brown bits. Cook until the liquid has thickened. Straining the liquid may be necessary to remove the larger pieces of the scrapings. Add 1 tablespoon of butter, capers, lemon juice and parsley to sauce. Stir over a high heat about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over the veal. Garnish with sliced lemons and serve.
VEAL SCALLOPINI WITH BROWN BUTTER AND CAPERS RECIPE - (4.5/5)
Provided by drwilliamg
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat a 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over high heat until hot, then add oil and heat until it shimmers. Meanwhile, stir together flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, then pat veal dry and dredge in flour, knocking off excess. Cook veal in 2 batches, turning once, until browned and just cooked through, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per batch. Transfer to a plate. Discard oil from skillet, then add butter and cook over medium heat, shaking skillet frequently, until browned and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in vinegar, capers, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Return veal to skillet just to heat through, then sprinkle with parsley.
CHICKEN SCALLOPINI
While many have heard of veal scallopini, you can make this Italian dish with most any meat or even vegetables. The trick is to use a demi-glace of the same style -- i.e., a venison demi if using deer. You can 'fake' a demi-glace by reducing an appropriate brown stock and adding a water and flour slurry to thicken. Makes an awesome romantic dinner for two.
Provided by Strangecacti
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 40m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, stir together the garlic and butter until well combined. Set aside. Place a chicken breast half on a work surface with the thick side facing to the right (if you're right-handed), and place your left hand down on the chicken breast. Using a very sharp knife, carefully cut the chicken breast from the thick side to about 1/2 inch from the edge of the thin side, in a horizontal cut. Open the cut chicken breast and spread it out like an open book. Using a meat mallet, gently pound the butterflied chicken breast out until it's an even thickness.
- Place the flour into a shallow dish, and dredge each chicken breast on both sides with flour. Melt the garlic butter in a large skillet over medium heat until it stops foaming, and cook each chicken breast until golden brown on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes per side. Sprinkle each breast with salt and pepper. Remove the chicken breasts to a platter, and keep warm.
- Cook and stir the mushrooms in the same skillet as the chicken until the mushrooms have absorbed the remaining butter in the skillet and have begun to turn brown at the edges. Stir in capers, lemon juice, white wine, and chicken demi-glace, and stir to combine. Reduce to a simmer. Adjust salt and pepper again, and stir the parsley into the sauce.
- Remove the chicken breasts to plates, and serve the sauce over the chicken. Garnish each serving with a lemon slice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 541.7 calories, Carbohydrate 34.8 g, Cholesterol 128.2 mg, Fat 27.2 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 34.8 g, SaturatedFat 15.5 g, Sodium 884.4 mg, Sugar 3.2 g
VEAL SCALLOPINI - RECIPE - (4.4/5)
Provided by Claude
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Sauce: Mix together the red-wine vinegar, capers, salt and pepper in a small bowl and set aside. Breading: Mix together the flour, salt and pepper in a flat plate. Spread flour mixture out across plate. Pat veal dry with a paper towel and dredge in flour mixture shaking off extra. Set aside in a plate. Repeat for all of veal. Cooking: Pour oil in a 12-inch skillet and bring to high heat. Cook veal in batches and quickly turning only once. Cook until brown about 1 minute per side (2 to 3 minutes per batch turning about half way through). Heat may be lowered some but then may need to be cooked a minute longer. Transfer cooked veal to a plate and cook second batch etc. Prepare Sauce: Discard oil from skillet, wipe clean with paper towel. Add butter to skillet and heat to medium heat and allow butter to brown (1-2 minutes). Stir in red-wine vinegar and capers mixture. Finish: Add veal back to skillet, coat veal with sauce and heat evenly. This should be only 1-2 minutes. Then serve.
SEA SCALLOPS WITH BROWN BUTTER, CAPERS AND LEMON
This bright yet rich treatment for scallops came to The Times in a 2009 article about Kevin Zraly, the wine director of Windows on the World from 1976 to 2001. Mr. Zraly turned the restaurant into an international wine mecca: at the time it was destroyed, when the World Trade Center fell, its cellar held close to 100,000 bottles of 1,500 labels. Mr. Zraly and Michael Lomonaco, the chef at the restaurant (both of whom were not at work on Sept. 11 when the planes hit), worked together on hundreds of wine and food pairings throughout the years. This was Mr. Zraly's favorite of Mr. Lomonaco's creations. With it, he recommends a Puligny Montrachet, Olivier Leflaive.
Provided by Alex Witchel
Categories easy, quick, appetizer, main course
Time 15m
Yield 4 appetizer servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pat scallops dry with paper towels, and season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat a large sauté pan or nonreactive skillet over medium-high heat, and add oil. After 30 seconds, add scallops; do not crowd pan, work in batches if necessary. Sauté until well browned, about 2 minutes, then turn and cook other side. When second side is dark golden, transfer scallops to a platter; cover and keep warm.
- Return sauté pan to heat, add butter, and cook until it begins to foam and turn golden. Add shallot and capers, sauté for 1 minute, then add lemon juice (being careful to avoid sputtering butter) and chopped parsley.
- To serve, place 3 scallops on each of 4 warmed plates. Spoon butter, shallots and capers over scallops, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 255, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 400 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams
VEAL SCALLOPINI WITH TOMATO CAPER SAUCE
You can have dinner on the table within 30 minutes with this dish. The sauce was particularly nice served over green beans and basmati rice.
Provided by Abby Girl
Categories Veal
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Add wine, tomatoes and anchovies to a pot. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes or until thickened. Stir capers and butter into sauce. Keep Warm.
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet over high heat. Season scallopini with salt and pepper. Dip scallopini into flour and shake off excess. Place in skillet and working in batches as necessary, cook about 30 seconds a side or until browned. Remove to a platter.
- Place the scallopini on serving dishes and pour sauce over. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 141.1, Fat 9.7, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 17.8, Sodium 219.8, Carbohydrate 9.3, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 2.1, Protein 2.4
VEAL SCALLOPS WITH LEMON AND CAPERS
a sensational dish for an easy dinner. This comes together in 5 minutes if you have all the ingredients at hand.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Veal
Time 7m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a shallow dish, stir together flour and salt and dredge veal, one piece at a time, shaking off excess.
- In a large, non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately-high heat until it is hot but not smoking, and saute veal for 1 minute or until pale golden.
- Turn veal and saute 30 seconds more, or until pale golden and just springy to touch.
- Transfer to a platter and keep warm, covered.
- Add wine, lemon and capers to the skillet and simmer for 1 minute.
- Swirl in butter and parsley and pour the sauce over the veal.
- Serve with buttered rice and steamed broccoli and carrots.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 472.7, Fat 28.3, SaturatedFat 11.2, Cholesterol 149.6, Sodium 811.4, Carbohydrate 13.8, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 0.6, Protein 34
VEAL SCALOPPINI WITH LEMON CREAM SAUCE
A lemon-flavored cream sauce perfectly compliments thin cutlets of golden fried veal. I like serving portobello ravioli with this dish.
Provided by tlthompson
Categories Everyday Cooking
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dip veal into the beaten egg, then press into the bread crumbs. Gently shake off excess, and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add breaded scaloppini, and cook until golden brown on both sides, and no longer pink on the inside, about 4 minutes per side. Remove to a paper towel lined plate, and keep warm.
- Pour in lemon juice and white wine. Increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Dissolve the cornstarch in about 2 tablespoons of chicken broth, and set aside. Pour the remaining chicken broth into the skillet, season with garlic pepper and lemon pepper, and bring to a boil. Once the sauce is boiling, stir in the dissolved cornstarch, and cook until thickened and clear, about 1 minute. Remove the sauce from the heat, then whisk in heavy cream. Place the veal on a serving platter, and pour sauce overtop to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 681.2 calories, Carbohydrate 35 g, Cholesterol 232.7 mg, Fat 45.1 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 30.6 g, SaturatedFat 18.6 g, Sodium 1012.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
Tips:
- Choose high-quality veal. Look for veal that is pale pink in color and has a fine grain. Avoid any veal that is dark or has a coarse grain, as this indicates that the animal was older and the meat will be tougher.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the veal into thin slices. This will help ensure that the veal cooks evenly and quickly.
- Pound the veal slices lightly with a meat mallet. This will help to tenderize the meat and make it more receptive to the marinade.
- Marinate the veal for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight. This will help to infuse the meat with flavor and make it more tender.
- Cook the veal over medium-high heat. This will help to sear the meat and create a nice crust, while still keeping the inside tender and juicy.
- Do not overcrowd the pan when cooking the veal. This will cause the meat to steam rather than sear, and it will not brown properly.
- Add the capers and lemon juice to the sauce at the end of cooking. This will help to brighten the flavor of the sauce and prevent the capers from becoming too salty.
Conclusion:
Veal scallopini with brown butter and capers is a classic dish that is both elegant and delicious. It is perfect for a special occasion dinner, but it is also easy enough to make for a weeknight meal. With a few simple tips, you can create a dish that is sure to impress your family and friends.
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