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Veal Saltimbocca, served on smashed peas and creamy white wine sauce

Match with Chardonnay

Food and Wine Matching - Veal Saltimbocca

Serves

Mains for four

Ingredients

  • 500g veal fillet
  • 14 sage leaves
  • 4 slices of prosciutto
  • Plain flour, for dusting
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • ½ cup double cream
  • 20g butter
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • 3 cups of peas

Method

  1. Place veal slices between two sheets of cling film and flatten out with a mallet.
  2. Press 2 sage leaves onto each veal piece.
  3. Lay prosciutto slices onto work surface and place veal, sage-side down, onto each slice of prosciutto. Wrap around the veal, ready to flour.
  4. Place flour in bowl, season with salt and pepper. Add wrapped veal pieces to the flour and toss to coat, dusting off any excess.
  5. Heat oil in a large frying pan over a medium-to-high heat. Add veal to the pan, sage-side down, add the garlic and butter and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  6. Turn veal over to cook for one minute.
  7. Add remaining sage to the pan and cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes.
  8. Remove veal from the pan, cover and rest.
  9. Add white wine and cream to the pan and reduce.
  10. Add the peas to boiling water, cook until tender, drain, add a knob of butter, and salt and pepper, then break them up with a masher.
  11. Place the smashed peas in the middle of the serving plate, top with the veal and spoon the sauce over. Season to taste.

Wine match

Barwang Tumbarumba NSW, Chardonnay 2010

Barwang

Tumbarumba NSW, Chardonnay 2010

This release again confirms this label’s status amongst the best-value Chardonnays in Australia. This is world-class; white peach, citrusy fine oak and light cashew.

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The Individual Selection Henty VIC, Chardonnay 2009

The Individual Selection

Henty VIC, Chardonnay 2009

If you like a tightly-coiled, crunchy, flinty Chardonnay, then this will delight. Pithy lemon and minerals abound.

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Food and Wine Matching - Cape Mentelle Chardonnay

Cape Mentelle

Margaret River WA, Chardonnay 2009

The Chardonnays of Cape Mentelle continue to evolve and this is another superb wine. Minerally and creamy aromas with leesy toasty grapefruit characters. The palate displays a deep intensity with texture and richness held tightly with excellent oak and crisp acid. A most complex wine.

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