
How To Make Caper-Stuffed Veal with Tomato Spinach Sauce
This stuffed veal comes with a medley of lemony and salty flavors from the capers and anchovies, then simmered in a rich spinach sauce for a tasteful meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¼cupcapers,drained
- 2tbspfresh parsley,chopped
- cupdry bread crumbs
- ½tspanchovy paste
- 4tbspolive oil
- 8veal scaloppine,(about 1½ lbs in all)
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1tbspbutter
- ½cupred wine
- 1½cuptomatoes in thick puree,(one 15 oz can), canned, crushed
- 10ozspinach
Instructions
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In a small bowl, combine the capers, parsley, bread crumbs, anchovy paste and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
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Put the veal on a work surface and sprinkle â…› teaspoon of salt and â…› teaspoon of pepper over the meat.
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Put some of the stuffing near the bottom of each piece of veal. Roll the veal up loosely, enclosing the stuffing, and secure each piece with a toothpick.
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In a large deep frying pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and the butter over moderate heat. Add the veal rolls to the pan and brown, in batches if necessary, for about 3 minutes. Remove.
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Reduce the heat to moderately low. Add the wine to the pan and cook, stirring to dislodge any brown bits that cling to the bottom of the pan.
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Stir in the tomatoes, ½ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper. Bring to a simmer.
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Return the veal to the pan. Cover and continue to simmer, turning the rolls once, for about 25 minutes, until tender. Remove the veal from the pan.
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Add the spinach to the sauce and simmer for about 3 minutes, until the spinach wilts and the sauce thickens.
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Remove the toothpicks from the veal rolls.
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Serve the rolls with the sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 529.54kcal
- Fat:Â 32.30g
- Saturated Fat:Â 10.13g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 16.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 2.83g
- Carbohydrates:Â 6.85g
- Fiber:Â 2.88g
- Sugar:Â 2.01g
- Protein:Â 46.99g
- Cholesterol:Â 194.03mg
- Sodium:Â 958.64mg
- Calcium:Â 126.10mg
- Potassium:Â 1313.82mg
- Iron:Â 4.57mg
- Vitamin A: 389.14µg
- Vitamin C:Â 30.47mg
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