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Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots

This is a recipe for tender veal stewed with mushrooms, carrots and pickled cucumbers in dry red wine and tomato sauce.

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In my opinion mashed potatoes are the best side dish for this main dish, if you are looking for one.

Ingredients:

  • 2lb-2.5lb of veal meat
  • 0.5lb of mushrooms
  • 4-5 cucumbers pickled in salt
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 tbsp of flour
  • 1 tbsp of tomato paste
  • 1 1/2 cups of hot water
  • 1/2 cup of dry red wine
  • About 20 black peppercorns
  • 2-3 tablespoons of oil
  • Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: any part of veal will work, the one which you can slice into schnitzels:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 1
  2. Clean meat, remove all connectivity tissue, slice veal into schnitzels about 1/2 inch thick and tenderize them with meat tenderiser:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 2
  3. Warm up deep frying pan with 2-3 tablespoons of oil over moderate-high heat, fry each tenderized piece of veal from both sides until lightly colored:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 3
  4. Move ready pieces of meat to a plate and salt each from both sides:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 4
  5. Repeat for all pieces of meat:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 5
  6. Once meat is fried, peel all carrots and slice them in stripes, add them to the pan where meat was frying before and fry for 5-8 minutes, stir from time to time:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 6
  7. Peel and slice mushrooms, add them to the same pan where carrots are, fry mushrooms together with carrots until mushrooms juices are evaporated, stir:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 7
  8. Reduce heat to low, then add flour in:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 8
  9. And add about 1.5 cups of hot water, keep stirring until flour and water are incorporated:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 9
  10. Then add tomato paste and mix:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 10
  11. Add black pepper corns:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 11
  12. Pour wine in and cook sauce simmering for about 5 mins more:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 12
  13. Move fried veal pieces back to the pan, cover pan with a lid and cook meat in sauce until it gains desired tenderness:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 13
  14. Once meat is ready, dice pickled cucumbers and add them to the pot:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe: Step 14
  15. Simmer for 5 more minutes, then veal with mushrooms and carrots in red wine sauce is ready. Serve it poured with sauce with your choice of a side dish for a dinner:
    Veal with Mushrooms and Carrots Recipe
Enjoy!