Ingredients – Preparation time approximately 40 minutes – serves 4

  • 400 g veal
  • 200 g calves kidneys
  • Clarified butter for frying
  • 1 tablespoon plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a little pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of finely chopped Italian flat parsley

Sauce 

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 200 g button mushrooms, sliced 1/2 onion, finely chopped
  • 100 ml white wine
  • 200 ml double cream
  • 100 ml meat stock
  • 1 tablespoon corn flour

Method

  • Cut veal and calves kidneys into thin strips
  • Heat clarified butter in flying pan
  • Toss meat and kidneys in a little flour, fry in batches for approximately 2 minutes, then remove
  • Season with salt & pepper, keep warm. Reduce hear, wipe pan
  • To make sauce melt butter in the same frying pan
  • Sweat slowly button mushrooms and onion
  • Add 100 ml of white wine and reduce by half
  • Blend well –  200 ml double cream, meat stock and corn flour, then add to the pan, bring to boil, stirring, cook for approximately 3 minutes.
  • Return meat and kidneys to pan, warm through.
  • Season with salt and pepper
  • Garnish with finely chopped Italian flat parsley
  •  To serve –  put meat and sauce onto plates, garnish with parsley.

Tips

  • omit kidneys, in which case increase quantity of veal to 600 g.
  • serve with Rosti – see separate recipe.

Per person: 27 g fat, 33 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 406 calories – recipe & photo from The Swiss Cookbook by Betty Bossi