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  • Veal roll with omelet - Italian Notes

Veal roll with omelet

Rotolo di vitello

This is my version of a traditional Italian breast of veal recipe, where veal is rolled with omelet and cooked in milk.

I stumbled over this recipe (with some modifications ) in Elizabeth David’s Italian Food and it really intrigued me, as I connect milk boiled meat with Indian cooking. Furthermore I liked the idea of meat rolled with omelet, so it had to be tried, and it was neither as strange or as difficult as I thought beforehand. In fact, the meat was very tender, delicate and juicy and the slices looked so impressive I’ll use it for party food. The yellow and brown-grey slices would look perfect on a buffet.

Ingredients

500 g veal or young beef in a flat slice (a flank steak would be perfect but breast or a shoulder cut can also be used)
2 eggs
50 g grated parmesan cheese
1 tbsp finely chopped pancetta (can be replaced by ham or mortadella)
1 tbsp fresh rosemary and thyme
1 onion
Olive oil
500 ml milk
Salt and pepper

Preparation

Beat eggs with parmesan, pancetta, and chopped fresh herbs.
Fry the mixture in olive oil to a nice frittata omelet.
Roll the meat around the omelet and tie it up with kitchen string.
Peel and chop the onion and fry it in a large pot till soft and golden.
Add the meat roll and fry well on all sides
Cover in milk and let the roll simmer for 2 hours – or less depending on the quality of the meat.
The cooking liquid becomes strange looking and flaky due to the milk and the omelet, but it can be strained and served as sauce.
Leave the veal roll with omelet to rest for a while, before you remove the string and slice it up.

More breast of veal recipes among others

Stuffed breast of veal

Filled veal scallops

Veal scallops with mushrooms

Veal Fricassee

Veal marsala – scallops in fortified wine

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Veal roll with omelet - Italian Notes

It’s amazing to see an intact omelet when the veal roll is cut in slices.

6 replies
  1. mjskit
    mjskit says:
    March 24, 2012 at 5:29 am

    Really? I’ve never heard of cooking veal or any meat in milk! Well, the result looks delicious and I love the way you rolled the omelet in the veal. What a unique recipe! I bet it taste awesome!

    Reply
  2. Stephanie
    Stephanie says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Interesting recipe.. Never thought of adding milk before.

    Reply
  3. admin
    admin says:
    May 20, 2012 at 10:27 am

    I had my reservations at first too, but the result was fantastic.

    Reply
  4. Carole
    Carole says:
    June 7, 2013 at 2:48 am

    Lovely work! Would you be happy to link it in to the current Food on Friday which is about veal? This is the link . I do hope to see you there. Cheers

    Reply
  5. Carole
    Carole says:
    June 8, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Mette, thanks for popping over and linking in. I hope to see you again soon. Cheers

    Reply

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