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Rollata di vitello (rolled veal)

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Rollata di vitello (rolled veal)

By Tony Percuoco
  • 30 mins preparation
  • 25 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Rollata di vitello (rolled veal)
"My auntie Amelia lived on the outskirts of Rome and one of the highlights of visiting her was going as a family to pick mushrooms in the woods. In the afternoon we would all gather in the kitchen and the beautiful aroma of cooked mushrooms used to fill the whole house." Tony Percuoco, Tartufo, Fortitude Valley, Qld

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, scored, blanched, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 thyme sprigs
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 200 gm Swiss brown mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 880 gm piece veal backstrap, cut into four pieces
  • 28 thin slices flat pancetta
  • 4 thin slices mortadella
  • 300 gm baby spinach
  • 200 ml warm beef jus (see note)
  • For drizzling: extra-virgin olive oil

Method

Main
  • 1
    Combine eggs, tomato and thyme in a bowl and season to taste. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a 20cm-diameter frying pan over medium-high heat, add half the egg mixture, swirl to coat pan, cook until firm and golden, then turn, cook until golden (1-2 minutes) and remove from pan. Repeat with remaining egg mixture and another 1 tbsp oil and set aside.
  • 2
    Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat, add mushrooms, season to taste, stir occasionally until tender (3-4 minutes), then set aside.
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 180C. Pound veal with a meat mallet to 1cm thick. Place 7 pancetta slices, slightly overlapping, on a work surface in a line, top with a piece of veal, a slice of mortadella, one-quarter of mushrooms and half a frittata, season to taste, roll into a cylinder and secure with toothpicks. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
  • 4
    Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan over high heat, add veal, cook, turning occasionally, until golden (1 minute each side). Transfer to an oven tray, roast until just cooked through (8-10 minutes), cover with foil and set aside to rest. Remove toothpicks before serving.
  • 5
    Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a frying pan over high heat, add spinach and stir occasionally until wilted (2-3 minutes). Season to taste and serve hot with sliced rollata and warm beef jus.

Notes

Note At Tartufo, beef jus is made in-house, but you can buy it ready-made from select butchers and delicatessens. This recipe is from the May 2011 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

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