Name: Involtini con Carciofi (Beef Rolls with Artichokes)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz prosciutto crudo, finely chopped; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, softened; sea salt and ground black pepper; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 30 ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil; juice of 1 lemon; 2 artichokes; 8 thin slices of veal or beef, total weight 400g/14oz; 45 ml/3 tbsp plain/all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

This luxurious, somewhat time-consuming recipe has something very French about it, and was probably introduced by one of the French chefs employed by the Sicilian aristocracy during the early 20th century. It was de rigueur for every noble household to have a French chef or a monsu (an Italian corruption of Monsieur) and the influence on Sicilian cooking is still evident.