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Roast Veal with Preserved Lemon and Olives

A veal fillet is browned, rubbed with lemon zest and roasted slowly on onions and wine. Preserved lemon, olives and cherry tomatoes go into the pan for the last stretch to make a bright, salty sauce.

  • Yield6 servings
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total1 h 41 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Veal

  • 1 kgveal fillet
  • 1lemon, zest only, finely grated
  • 2 tbspolive oil
  • to tastesea salt
  • to tasteblack pepper

Pan

  • 2onions, chopped
  • 180 mlwhite wine
  • 4 clovesgarlic, thinly sliced
  • 1preserved lemon, rinsed and cut into 4 wedges
  • 250 gcherry tomatoes on the vine
  • 50 gblack olives
  • 50 ggreen olives
  • 2 sprigslemon thyme
  • 2 sprigsrosemary
  • 15 gunsalted butter

To serve

  • 15 gflat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Sulfites
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: high

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