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Stuffed Veal Pillows

From Treasured Italian Recipes (1989).

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A historical recipe

Treasured Italian Recipes (1989).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. one slice of Prosciutto
  2. 1 teaspoon of butter

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 12 small slices veal cutlets, 1/4 c.
  2. margarine cut very thin in 4-inch 1/4 c.
  3. olive oil squares 1/2 c.
  4. wine 12 small slices Prosciutto or 1 tsp.
  5. margarine ham, thinly sliced 1/8 tsp.
  6. salt and pepper 12 thin slices Mozzarella cheese Flatten out veal cutlets with a mallet.
  7. Place one slice of Prosciutto or ham and slice of Mozzarella cheese on each cutlet.
  8. Roll each cutlet, using 2 or 3 toothpicks to hold together.
  9. Melt butter in pan with oil.
  10. Brown pillows well on all sides, turning each gently.
  11. Remove meat from pan.
  12. Pour wine and 1 teaspoon of butter into the drippings of pan;
  13. add salt and pepper.
  14. Cook for 1 minute.
  15. Pour sauce over pillows on serving dish.
  16. Serves 6.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From Treasured Italian Recipes (1989), character 75492 of the text, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/treasured-italian-recipes

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.