Veal Medallions With French Morels Recipes

VEAL MEDALLIONS WITH FRENCH MORELS

Steps:

• In a heatproof bowl, soak the morels in the boiling water until softened, about 30 minutes. Remove and rinse under running water, rubbing to loosen any grit. Let the soaking liquid stand.
• Season the veal with salt and pepper, then dust with flour. In a very large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in the oil. Add the veal and cook over high heat until browned on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn and cook until browned on the bottom and the meat is just pink inside, about 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer the veal to a warmed platter and cover loosely with foil.
• Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter in the same skillet. Add the garlic,shallots and thyme and cook over low heat, stirring, until softened, about 3-5 minutes. Add the wine and boil, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom, until almost evaporated, about 4 minutes. Add the morels and their liquid, leaving any grit behind. Cover and simmer over low heat until the morels are softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock and any veal juices and simmer over moderately high heat until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the creme fraiche and simmer until thickened, about 4 minutes. Add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
• Return the veal medallions to the skillet and simmer for 1 minute, turning once. Transfer the veal and sauce to a platter or plates. Discard thyme. Garnish with scallions.

MEDALLIONS OF VEAL WITH WILD MOREL MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preparing the Morels
• Place the morels in a large bowl filled with cold water.
• Soak for 10 minutes.
• Remove the morels from the water, reserving both the mushrooms and the water.
• Strain the water through a coffee filter or cheesecloth to remove any sand.
• Cut off the stems of the morels and combine with the strained mushroom water.
• Bring to a boil and cook until the liquid has reduced to 2 tablespoons.
• Rub the morel caps with your fingers; if you feel any sand, wash again in cold water.
• Cut the morel caps lengthwise into halves.
• Sauté the shallots in 1 tablespoon butter until soft.
• Add the morels, their reduced cooking juices and the Madeira and cook, covered, over medium heat, for 6 to 7 minutes, until plump.
• Remove from the heat and keep warm.
• Preparing the Veal
• Dust the veal medallions in flour, shaking off the excess.
• In a large sauté pan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter and the oil until sizzling.
• Sauté the veal on bath sides until well browned (Do not crowd the pan with veal. Look in two batches if necessary).
• Remove the medallions from the pan and keep warm.
• Pour off the fat from the pan and deglaze with the vermouth.
• Add the morels and Jus de Veau to the pan and bring to boil.
• Cook to reduce the liquid slightly.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Return the veal medallions to the pan to heat.
• Swirl the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter into the sauce to finish.
• Arrange the veal medallions on 4 large, heated dinner plates.
• Ladle the sauce and a portion of morels over each serving of veal.

VEAL MEDALLIONS WITH SHALLOTS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring the chicken or veal stock to a boil in a medium saucepan. Parboil the shallots for about 3 minutes in the stock, lift out with a slotted spoon and set aside. Turn the heat to low under the stock.
• Make a veloute' sauce. In a small saucepan melt the butter over medium heat, add the flour and whisk for a couple of minutes. Add 1 cup of the stock all at once to the roux off heat. Stir over medium heat for about 5 minutes until thickened and saucy. If made ahead of time film with a little milk or stock.
• In a medium skillet fry the bacon until crisp, drain on a paper towel, crumble and set aside.
• Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of the fat from the skillet, add the shallots and cook over medium low heat until lightly browned, about five minutes. Turn the heat up to medium high, add the mushrooms and stir and toss for about five minutes until browned and softened. Transfer the shallot-mushroom mixture to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
• Season the veal medallions with salt and pepper. Cook the medallions in the skillet over medium high heat for 1-2 minutes per side. Transfer the veal to a platter and tent with foil to keep warm.
• Deglaze the skillet with the wine, scraping up the brown bits, and reduce the liquid by one half. Add the veloute' sauce and reduce the mixture stirring for about 2 minutes. Add the cream and any meat juices that have accumulated on the platter. Reduce the sauce, stirring, for about 1 minute. Stir in the parsley and the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
• Nap the medallions with the sauce and garnish the platter with the mushroom-shallot mixture, the bacon and the tomatoes.

VEAL MEDALLIONS WITH A WASABI HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine mustard and thyme leaves in a bowl and add medallions, toss to coat medallions.
• Add oil to a pan and heat, add veal and cook until browned on both sides and tender. You can grill if preferred. Top hot medallions with slices of butter, if they are not hot enough to melt butter, you can just pop them under the grill for a minute or so.
• For The Butter.
• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mix well. Spoon butter mixture onto foil, roll up firmly in a log shape, refrigerate until firm.
• I served mine with spicy leek and mushrooms and sweet potato curls.
• The potato curls are really easy to make, taste great and add wonderful colour to a dish. All you do is peel strips with a vegetable peeler, and then deep fry in batches, until they curl and are crisp.
• They also make a great snack, you can make these on there own, season after and you have slightly different tasting homemade chips.

VEAL TENDERLOIN WITH MOREL SAUCE

Steps:

• Let dehydrated morels soak in cold water for an hour.
• Cut the veal tenderloin in one inch thick medallions.
• Cut the mushrooms in 1/4 inch rings.
• Put a skillet on high heat and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. When the skillet is hot, put in the medallions and sear them for two to three minutes until the meat doesn't stick to the skillet anymore. Flip the medallions and season them with salt and pepper. Sear the medallions for another 3 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms to the medallions and cook for another minute. Add the butter and turn the medallions to allow the butter to coat them. Add the cream and stir to blend in the caramelized juices. Let reduce for a minute or two. Serve.

ROASTED VEAL CHOP WITH MORELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Pour boiling water over morels in a small bowl and soak until morels are softened, about 30 minutes. Transfer morels with a slotted spoon to a medium-mesh sieve set over a bowl. Press on morels with back of spoon to remove excess liquid (be careful not to squeeze out all the moisture), then add to soaking liquid and reserve. Rinse morels to remove any grit. Reserve morels and liquid separately, allowing liquid to settle.
• While morels soak, let veal chops stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Pat chops dry and season with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper (total). Heat an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over medium-high heat until hot. Add oil and heat until smoking, then add veal chops and sear underside well, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn chops over and sear 1 minute.
• Add butter, garlic, and thyme to skillet and baste veal with melting butter. Transfer skillet to oven and cook, basting every few minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center of chop registers 130 to 135°F for medium-rare, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Transfer chops to a plate to rest. Discard garlic and thyme, keeping juices and fat in skillet, and return to burner over medium-high heat. (Handle will be very hot.) Add morels and sauté 1 minute. Add shallot and sauté 1 minute.
• Remove from heat briefly and add Cognac, then return to heat and deglaze, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until most of liquid has evaporated. Slowly pour in reserved soaking liquid, being careful to leave last tablespoon (containing sediment) in bowl. Add meat juices from plate and boil until liquid has reduced to about 1/3 cup.
• Stir in crème fraîche, swirling to incorporate, and boil until morels are lightly coated and liquid is slightly thickened. Stir in chives and tarragon and season with salt and pepper. Serve chops smothered with morels.