Vitello Tonnato

Ingredients for 4 people:

  • Salt, black pepper
  • 1 veal shoulder
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 50 ml of brandy
  • 300 g shallot
  • 150 g mayonnaise
  • 50 g of capers
  • 30 g pickled gherkins
  • 300 g canned tuna
  • 2 anchovy fillets in canned salt
  • 15 g walnuts
  • 80 g dry white wine
  • A few sprigs of chervil

Optional:

  • A little cream

Preparation:

  1. Season the meat with salt and pepper and cook over high heat in a pan with a drizzle of oil. Once it has taken enough color, drain it and put it in a baking dish on a baking paper.
  2. Add brandy to the meat and bake at 180 degrees for about 17 minutes.
  3. Let it cool down.
  4. Prepare the sauce:
  5. Place the peeled shallots in the mixing jug. Crush at speed 6, 20 seconds.
  6. Incorporate the mayonnaise with the capers, the gherkins, the well-drained tuna, the white wine, the anchovies and the walnuts. Grind at speed 5, 2 minutes.
  7. If you want a sauce that is a little more liquid, you can add a little more mayonnaise or cream.
  8. Cut the meat into thin slices. Drain on absorbent paper and place on the base of a plate.
  9. Add the sauce and serve it cold.
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