Veal Milanese is one of those recipes that you should be able to find on a site called The Italian Chef, but inexplicably it has been absent here up until now. I decided to rectify this, but have been struggling with a write-up to go along with the recipe. Everything I came up with about cutlets being a staple of Italian cooking and the most well known preparation being this classic from Milan just seemed dry and boring. So I thought I would just share a cutlet story from one of my Italy trips.
Years ago I took a trip to Sicily with my cousins Sal and Francesca. We have family in a town called Francavilla di Sicilia which is between Catania and Messina. Sal and Frances have family on their mother’s side just outside Catania, and since that is where we flew into we spent the first few days of the trip there before continuing on to Francavilla.
On our first day, Sal’s aunt made pasta with a cream sauce. They gave me a bowl the size of a family style serving dish, which had to have one pound of pasta with cream sauce in it. I tried my best to eat it all but could only get three quarters of the way through. After much interrogation about whether I liked it or not I was finally able to convince them that I was just full.
However, from that point on all I heard was how I did not eat much. I would be introduced to people, “Questa e Filipo, non mangia troppo (This is Phillip, he doesn’t eat much).” When we got to Francavilla, the first words out of my aunt Gaetana’s mouth were, “What’s the matter, why don’t you eat much?” When I called back to America and talked to my Mother she said, “I hear you’re not eating much.” I was branded!
Knowing that we would be spending another day in Catania at the end of the trip, I was determined to rid myself of this stigma. The big day came, and the main course was veal cutlets. They put cutlets in front of me, I ate them all. They asked me if I wanted more, I said yes. The only problem was I was so focused on redeeming myself that I was not paying attention to what was going on at the table. I finished the ones in front of me and they asked me if I wanted more again. I said yes again.
All of a sudden to my horror I saw Sal’s aunt get up from the table, put a pan on the stove and start breading more cutlets! I looked down on the table to see the serving platter empty. I looked back up and started to object, but they wouldn’t hear it. Everybody sat there and waited while she cooked more cutlets for me. I had gone from an American who does not eat to a cafone in the span of two weeks.
Luckily, this incident didn’t leave me emotionally scarred me so bad that I can no longer enjoy delicious cutlets like these.
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Veal Cutlets Milanese Recipe
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound veal cutlets, pounded thin
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Lightly beat the eggs with the salt in a deep dish and spread the flour and the breadcrumbs out on separate plates. Dredge veal slices in flour shaking off any excess. Then dip in the egg and the bread crumbs making sure both sides are well coated with bread crumbs.
- Heat olive oil and butter in large saute pan over medium heat. Add the breaded cutlets to the pan without crowding (if you have to you can work in batches). Cook, turning once for about 6 minutes until golden brown and crispy. Transfer to warm plates and serve.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
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20 Responses
FAbulous recipe just like my mom used to make cant get good veal in Florida, my mouth is watering awesome picture
Frank Perdue’s are the only chicken cutlets that are made very thin for breading Italian cutlets (I buy them at Roche Bros. in Wellesley Massachusetts. Because the wonderful coating is what gives them the beautiful taste & flavor coupled with the thinness of the meat……you cannot tell the difference between the veal or chicken
The recipe is veal cutlets not chicken.
Jeez Kim, take it easy.
That looks amazing! I got invited for dinner at one of my new friends places here in Paris, and she actually did something similar. Super yummy!
That looks yummy. I saw some cutlet in grocery store, and wanted to buy but had no clue what to do with them. Now I know.
What a great story! Really enjoyable reading and such a great recipe!
Sounds delish! Was searching for a Veal Stimbarata/Stumbadate (not sure) that my mom used toake. The only ingredient I am certain of is green sicilian olives. Help……anyone??? TIA!
congrats, you just discovered wiener schnitzel
True Milanese is thicker than Wiener Schnitzel and is cooked in butter versus, lard also bone in! the recipe above has little to do with true Milanese!
ENJOYED READING THE STORY OF YOUR TRIP TO CATANIA….ITS SO TRUE HOW THE FAMILIES IN ITALY WANT TO PLEASE YOU AND FATTEN YOU UP A LITTLE…THE FOOD IS GREAT…LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS…AND ENJOYED THOSE MOMENTS ESPECIALLY THE ITALIAN FOOD…KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
How were the veal cutlets served? Sauce? pasta? Did you just enjoy them sauteed?
I come from Milano!
Great recipe! Thank you!
This looks really delicious. Yummy. I loved your recipe. Keep it up. I have some amazing recipes too. For sure you will love it. Waiting for your visit to there. Don’t forget to visit “Food as Passion” . Have a good day guys.
Planning a dinner party for 6. Can this recipe be prepared earlier in the day – say 3 hours prior to serving? , Set aside room temperture, and then placed in the oven to heat up for serving?
Lovely work! Would you be happy to link it in to the current Food on Friday which is about veal? This is the link . I do hope to see you there. Cheers
This design is wicked! You certainly know how to keep a reader entertained.
Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, almost…HaHa!) Excellent
job. I really loved what you had to say, and more than that, how you
presented it. Too cool!
Having Italian friends who came here on the boat, learned that when an Italian mother asks you if you want more, you’re going to get more. Period. If you say NO, they’ll still serve a little more, just to make you prove you liked it. But if you say Yes, they’ll load you up with another full helping and you have to start all over! So if you’re really full, stick to your guns because you’re getting more regardless!
This receipt is very good. But i had truble with the bread crumb sticking to the veal. any Reason why .Thank you