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Escalopes de Veau Sautées à l'Estragon

Thin veal escalopes sautéed in very hot butter and oil, then sauced in the same pan with shallot, Madeira, tarragon and brown stock lightly bound with cornstarch and finished with a swirl of butter.

  • Yield4 servings
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total36 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Veal

  • 500 gveal escalopes (4 or more, about 6 mm thick)
  • 20 gunsalted butter
  • ½ tbspneutral cooking oil

Sauce

  • 1 tbspshallots or spring onions, minced
  • 60 mlSercial Madeira or dry white vermouthoptional
  • ½ tbspdried tarragon
  • 240 mlbrown stock or beef bouillon (or 60 ml stock plus 240 ml heavy cream)
  • 90 gbutton mushrooms, slicedoptional
  • 10 gunsalted butter, for the mushroomsoptional
  • ½ tbspcornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water
  • to tastesalt and pepper
  • 14 gunsalted butter, softened
  • 4 sprigsflat-leaf parsley

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Corn (maize)
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Shallot
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Tarragon
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Gelatin
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Spring

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: high

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