Vitello Tonnato (veal in tuna sauce)

AUTHOR
Kate Willis
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3.3 3
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 250 g Celery Tuber
  • 250 g Carrot
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1/2 l dry white wine
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 800 g Veal (from the nut or topside)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 tin(s) (150 g net) Tuna fillets in oil
  • 2 TABLESPOONS small capers
  • 4 TABLESPOONS mayonnaise
  • 7-10 Tbsp a few squirts of lemon juice
  • 2 stem(s) flat leaf parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp pink berries
  • 7-10 Tbsp Caper apples and lemon

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel, wash and cut the celery and carrots into large pieces. Peel and quarter onions and garlic. Put prepared ingredients, wine, bay leaf and veal in a pot. Cover with water.

  2. 2

    Season with salt and pepper, bring to the boil briefly and simmer covered for about 50 minutes. Let 75-100 ml of the stock cool down. For the sauce drain the tuna. Add 1/2 tablespoon capers, stock and mayonnaise and puree.

  3. 3

    Season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Wash parsley, cut 4 leaves into fine strips. Cut the roast thinly and serve in portions with the sauce. Sprinkle with remaining capers, parsley strips and pink berries.

  4. 4

    Serve garnished with parsley leaves, caper apples and lemon.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
440 kcal
CARBS
1 g
FATS
28 g
PROTEINS
46 g

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