281. Tordi Finti

Mock Thrushes

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

This dish is called mock thrushes because of the flavor that juniper berries and the combination of ingredients lend to it. It is a dish that many people like, and you would do well to try it.

To make six “thrushes” you need:

Ingredients

  • 300 grams (about 10-½ ounces) of lean, boneless milk-fed veal
  • 6 juniper berries

Method

These mock thrushes should look like small, stuffed cutlets; therefore cut the veal into six thin slices, flatten them out, give them a nice shape, and put the scraps aside. The scraps, along with the chicken livers, a bit of lardoon, the juniper berries, the anchovies (cleaned and boned), and a sage leaf, make up the mixture you will use to stuff the veal. So mince everything very fine and sea