Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Veal Cotolette With Grilled Pepper In Tomato Sauce


Day 9 of our carbless diet - With my eyes bigger than my stomach I was left with 2 extra pieces of veal cutlets from our previous meal. Not wanting to cook the same dish twice I decided to try out a recipe by Sydney chef Robert Marchetti that I was reading not very long ago. He served his version with grilled peppers but I thought a side dish with a sauce might be more appropriate hence the grilled pepper in tomato sauce. If you are not a beef eater for religious reason pork is a wonderful substitute.
P.S This is not completely carbless but a tiny amount is allowed :)



recipe adapted from Australian Gourmet Traveller by Robert Marchetti
oven pre-heated at 180 C
serves 2
you'll need;
2 veal cutlets, beaten with a mallet til 5mm thick
2 eggs, lightly whisked
a dash of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup of coarse ciabatta breadcrumbs*
60 g of finely grated parmesan cheese
flour for dusting
olive oil for frying
salt and pepper to taste
* I used coarse breadcrumbs made from stale wholemeal bread with seeds

for grilled pepper in tomato sauce;
2 red peppers
2 yellow peppers
1 red onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
400 ml of crushed tomatoes
1 tsp of sugar
salt and pepper to taste
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste



Place peppers in a roasting pan, drizzle with olive oil and place it in the hot oven for 20 minutes or until the skin starts to blister. Transfer peppers to a bowl and cover with cling wrap.


















When the peppers are cool enough to handle, peel off the skin and tear peppers into strips.



Saute garlic and onion with a little olive oil for 5 minutes or til soften then pour in the crushed tomatoes. Simmer for 5 minutes.



Add peppers and seasonings and continue to simmer for a further 3 minutes. Check for seasonings.



Combine beaten eggs with worcestershire sauce. Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a separate bowl. Crumb cutlets (flour - egg -crumbs).



Fry cutlets individually with plenty of olive oil, turning once, until golden brown (2 ~ 3 minutes on each side. Drain well.



Serve immediately with grilled pepper in tomato sauce.

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