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Vitello Tonnato (Veal with Tuna Sauce)
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Vitello Tonnato (Veal with Tuna Sauce)

9 ingredients 7 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

476
Calories
27g
Protein
38g
Fat
7g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Veal not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 piece of fillet of veal
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 bouquet garni of mixed herbs
  • 1 jar (400 grams ) mayonnaise (it's not worth making your own for this one)
  • 1 tin (200 grams) good quality tuna in olive oil
  • 1 lemon , juiced
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • 1 small jar of single cream (in reserve)

Directions

1

Simmer the veal for about 15 minutes in water with the bay leaves and bouquet garni.

2

Remove from the water once cooked, wrap it in either clingfilm or aluminium foil , and place in the fridge for 3 hours until quite cool, or preferably overnight. It is important you don't try to do this whilst the veal is even slightly warm as it will mess up the sauce.

3

Turn the mayonnaise and the tin of tuna into a blender and blend until it is a smooth paste

4

Add the juice of the lemon, a large pinch of pepper, and a normal pinch of salt, and blend again. The sauce should not be runny, but neither should it be too stiff. So that it becomes a pourable consistency, add a few spoonfuls of the cream.

5

Now take the cooked veal out of its wrapping and using a sharp knife slice as thin as you can possibly make them and arrange on a large serving dish. If you have a mallet, cover the slices of veal in foil and bash away at them until they are as thin as possible!

6

Take the sauce and pour it over the veal so that the veal becomes completely covered in the sauce. Not too thick, not too thin.

7

Decorate with capers. Grind some red pepper over the top (optional) and it is ready to serve.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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