Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Veal Marsala

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Veal escalopes are thin slices of veal cut for you by the butcher from the calf’s thigh. Place them between sheets of greaseproof paper and pound them with something wooden and heavy to make them even thinner – about the thickness of a pound coin.

Ingredients

  • 2 veal escalopes (as above)
  • salt and pepper
  • 8 field mushroom caps, thinly sliced
  • 30

Method

Season the escalopes with salt and pepper. Sauté the mushrooms in some butter until cooked and reserve.

Put a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil and a knob of butter in a heavy frying pan over a moderate heat and fry the escalopes for a couple of minutes on each side. Transfer to warm plates to rest while you finish the sauce.

Pour the wine into the pan and boil it down, scr