Veal medallions with herb crust

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1/2 bunch Thyme
  • 2 discs Toast
  • 100 g soft butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 30 g green olives without stone
  • 1 kg floury cooking potatoes (e.g. Afra)
  • 500 g Finger carrots (alternatively young carrots)
  • 4 (150 g each) Veal medallions
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 250 ml Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel garlic and dice finely. Wash thyme and dab dry, put some aside for garnishing, chop the rest. Crumble bread, garlic and thyme finely in the universal chopper.

  2. 2

    Knead with 75 g butter, season with salt and pepper. Drain the olives, cut into slices and knead in. Peel, wash and chop the potatoes. Cook in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes.

  3. 3

    Clean the carrots, leaving a little green. Peel and wash the carrots. Wash the meat, dab dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a pan, fry the meat for about 2 minutes on each side and place in an ovenproof dish.

  4. 4

    Spread the butter mixture over the meat. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 10-12 minutes. Sauté carrots in hot frying fat, season with salt. Add 150 ml water and simmer until the water has evaporated.

  5. 5

    Drain the potatoes, let them drip off and let them evaporate briefly. Add 25 g butter and milk, mash to a puree. Season with salt and nutmeg. Sprinkle sugar over the carrots and let them caramelize briefly.

  6. 6

    Season with pepper. Place a dessert ring (8 cm Ø) in the middle of a plate. Fill with mashed potatoes and smooth it down. Pull the ring away upwards. Repeat the process on 3 more plates.

  7. 7

    Put medallions on them. Arrange carrots around them. Garnish with thyme.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
640 kcal
CARBS
46 g
FATS
32 g
PROTEINS
39 g