I saw veal rolls with pear meal in some TV show once and wanted to try it ever since.
The combination of ingredients in this recipe is unusual, veal is pretty expensive and somewhat hard to find here in US. This is probably the reason why I got to this recipe only now.
I used veal scallopini here, because they are already sliced, and it is easier to pick meat pieces of right amount and size. But you can also use whole piece of veal meat and slice it yourself.
As for the pear, use ripe fragrant pear for better results.
Ingredients:
1lb of veal scallopini, 6-7 slices
1 pear
1 cup of dry white wine
Grated parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons of all purpose flour
Nutmeg
Salt to taste
Oil
How to prepare, step-by-step:
Prepare ingredients:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 1
Peel the pear, slice it in 6-8 pieces lengthwise (depending on the size of the veal pieces you have):
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 2
Season pear pieces with salt, nutmeg and parmesan cheese to taste from each side, set aside:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 3
Flatten all scallopini pieces with a meat tenderizer, use 2-3 layers of food wrap to prevent spattering; salt to taste:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 4
Fold a piece of meat around a piece of pear:
Step AStep BStep C
Secure roll with wooden toothpicks or cooking twine (toothpicks are a bit harder to deal with while frying):
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 6
Repeat the same for all pieces of meat:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 7
Roll each veal roll in flour:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 8
Warm up oven to 365F. Warm up skillet with a bit of oil, move veal rolls to the warmed up skillet, try to arrange them in a way that the meat “seam” is at the bottom of the roll to help the sealing:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 9a
Fry rolls until colored from each side:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 9b
Move ready rolls to a baking pan:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 10
Pour dry white wine over, cover pan with a lid or cooking foil and put to the oven. Cook rolls until meat reaches desired tenderness (20-30 mins):
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 11
Serve veal and pear rolls warm with your choice of the side dish, remove toothpicks or/and twine before serving:
Veal Rolls with Pear Recipe: Step 12
