Veal or Chicken Scaloppine With Saffron Cream Sauce
"Courtesy of Giada on Everyday Italian. I haven't tried it but it was reviewed well with notes that the saffron makes the dish.
I will use chicken breasts, sliced in half across the thickness and then pounded to form the scaloppini"
photo by CookSki3
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 453.59 g veal (or boneless chicken breasts)
- salt
- pepper
- 36.97 ml butter
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 340.19 g cremini mushrooms, sliced (or button mushrooms)
- 2 large shallots, finely chopped
- 177.44 ml dry white wine
- 236.59 ml broth (beef or chicken depending on meat)
- 1.23 ml saffron thread
- 177.44 ml heavy cream (or half & half)
- 118.29 ml frozen green pea, thawed
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
directions
- Sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper.
- Melt 1/2 T Butter and 2 tsp of oil in heavy frying pan over high heat.
- Working in batches, add meat and saute until just cooked through and golden, about 45-60 seconds per side.
- Transfer to a platter and tent with foil to keep warm. Repeat with more butter and oil as necessary.
- Melt 1 T butter and add 1 T oil in same pan over high heat. Add the mishrooms and shallots, sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute until mushrooms are golden brown, about 8 minutes.
- Add wine, broth and saffron and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
- Add cream and boil until the sauce thickens slightly, stirring often, about 4 minutes.
- Add peas and return the sauce to a simmer.
- Season sauce with salt & pepper to taste.
- Pour sauce over scaloppini and serve with lemon wedges.
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Reviews
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My family and I really liked this recipe, but I thought the sauce was a bit liquidy so I thickened it with a little flour. I also squeezed lemon on top of the finished dish to add a bit of citrus flavor to the dish. It was great, my husband sopped up the sauce from the pan with some bread cuz he loved it. -
This is The best sauce for veal, Chicken or pork cutlets.
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