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23 - 29 March 2000
Issue No. 474
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Veal paupiettes

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

Ingredients:

1kg veal steaks (thinly cut)
1 cup ground veal
1/2 cup of each: celery heads + leek heads + carrots (thinly sliced)
1/2 cup of each: celery heads + leek heads + carrots (coarsely chopped)
1 small onion (grated)
1 large onion (coarsely chopped)
1tbsp crushed garlic
oil + butter
salt + pepper + allspice + grated nutmeg
Mushroom sauce:
250gms fresh mushrooms (thinly sliced)
1 small onion (grated)
1tbsp crushed garlic
2tbsp fresh cream
butter

Method:

Stir fry the ground veal, the grated onion, the garlic in some butter until the meat is seared. Add the thinly sliced vegetables and stir to mix for a few minutes and season. When it cools off, stuff each steak with approximately one tablespoonful of this filling. Close, rolling up the steak, inserting the sides before rolling till the end. Threat a toothpick in each paupiette to close. In a saucepan, heat some butter and oil. Brown the paupiettes on all sides. Add the coarsely chopped vegetables and stir. Add some stock. Bring to the boil then continue cooking in a moderate preheated oven. Stir fry the onion of the mushroom sauce until yellowish. Add the garlic then the mushrooms. Allow to cook, forming a sauce. Season it with salt and pepper then add the cream. Pour over the paupiettes and serve with sautéed vegetables.

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