Ingredients for 6 servings

  • If these veal cutlets Milanese style were so thin, it was simply because veal meat in Italy was extremely expensive and for this reason, one can imagine that at the time they were cut to about 80 g per person.
  • But enough chatter, here is a good recipe that will please both young and old.
  • Veal cutlets Milanese style for 6 people:
  • 900 g of veal loin (or shoulder) or 6 cutlets of 150 g each
Elements for the breading:
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cl peanut oil
  • 150 gr fresh breadcrumbs (sandwich bread)
  • 70 gr grated parmesan
  • 40 gr flour
  • cooking of the cutlets
  • 40 gr butter and a drop of oil
  • crushed tomato (not mandatory, but so much better)
  • 5 cl olive oil
  • 600 gr very ripe tomatoes (peeled and roughly crushed)
  • 1 clove of garlic, germ removed and chopped
  • 1 shallot finely sliced
  • a little thyme flower
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 sugar cube
  • salt and ground pepper
  • For the final sauce drizzle
  • 20 cl prepared veal stock
  • a few drops of lemon