The Veal Thing
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds veal tenderloin, trimmed, halved, and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 cups veal stock
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- 3 tablespoons flour, sifted, plus more for dusting
- 8 ounces white wine
- 4 ounces mushrooms, halved or quartered depending on size
- 1/8 cup clarified butter
- 1 (13-ounce) package puff pastry, defrosted in refrigerator
- 1 egg yolk, beaten
- 1/4 cup brandy
- 4 ounces pimento
- 1/4 cup whipped cream
- 3 ounces tiny shrimp
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
- 2 black truffles, washed, dried, and finely chopped
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Instructions
- Heat roasting pan over medium heat. When hot, add veal and cover with stock. Poach, stirring and skimming occasionally.
- Meanwhile, melt salted butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour. Increase heat and cook roux for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and gradually add wine and 1 cup of the veal liquid. Blend well and pour over veal.
- In a small pan, cook mushrooms in clarified butter over low heat. Add to veal. Heat veal until boiling, then reduce heat to medium and cook for 18 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Roll out puff pastry on lightly floured board to 1/8-inch thickness. Grease the underside of an upturned, medium ovenproof bowl. Drape dough over bowl and press down to smooth creases. Trim off excess dough and make criss-cross cuts lightly over pastry surface, careful not to cut through. Brush with egg yolk. Place on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Add brandy and pimento to cooked veal. Carefully blend in cream, then the shrimp. Add parsley and truffles just before serving.
- To serve, pour onto platter and cover with pastry dome.
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