Name: Beef cotoletta with tomato and oregano salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 - 8
Ingredients: 200 gm (2 cups) dried breadcrumbs; 100 gm parmesan, finely grated; 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 8 150gm pieces of yearling beef (ask your butcher to cut these for you); For shallow frying: olive oil; To serve: lemon wedges; Tomato, potato and oregano salad; 500 gm waxy potatoes, such as kipfler, scrubbed (about 20 potatoes); 125 ml extra-virgin olive oil (½ cup); 2 Lebanese cucumbers, thickly sliced; 3 vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into thin wedges; 1 small salad onion, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp dried Greek oregano

Beef cotoletta with tomato and oregano salad

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for beef cotoletta with tomato and oregano salad from Rosa's Kitchen in Melbourne.

Serves 6 - 8

Prep

20M

Cook

40M

Total

“The beef cotoletta at Rosa’s Kitchen rivals my mum’s. I’d love to surprise her and my dad by cooking it for dinner next weekend. Could GT request the recipe?”

Carlo Barbera, St Kilda, Vic

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Ingredients

200 gm (2 cups) dried breadcrumbs

100 gm parmesan, finely grated

2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

3 eggs, lightly beaten

8 150gm pieces of yearling beef (ask your butcher to cut these for you)

For shallow frying: olive oil

To serve: lemon wedges

Tomato, potato and oregano salad

500 gm waxy potatoes, such as kipfler, scrubbed (about 20 potatoes)

125 ml extra-virgin olive oil (½ cup)

2 Lebanese cucumbers, thickly sliced

3 vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into thin wedges

1 small salad onion, thinly sliced

1 tbsp dried Greek oregano

Method

Main

1.For tomato, potato and oregano salad, cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender (20-25 minutes). Drain and set aside to cool, then peel, coarsely chop and place in a large bowl. Just before serving, add remaining ingredients, season to taste and toss to combine.

2.Combine breadcrumbs, parmesan, parsley and garlic in a bowl, season to taste and toss to combine. Place egg in a separate bowl. Dip beef, in batches, into egg, shake off excess, then dip into breadcrumbs and press lightly. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and shallow-fry beef in batches, turning occasionally, until golden (5-6 minutes). Drain on absorbent paper and season to taste. Serve hot with lemon wedges and tomato, potato and oregano salad.

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