Meat dishes are always tasty, satisfying and high in calories. French-style meat is one of the exquisite and very tasty dishes. It is usually cooked in the oven from pork loin. However, you can also use other fillets, such as beef or chicken fillets.
Classic French Meat Recipe
Despite the fact that the French Meat recipe has, as it were, one name, each recipe for this dish has its own subtleties and peculiarities of preparation. The dish may contain additives such as mushrooms, cheese, onions, etc. Each added product adds its own peculiarity, its own taste to the dish.
The following ingredients should be prepared for the dish:
- 1 kg pork loin
- 2 onions
- to taste salt, pepper
- 150 g sour cream (or mayonnaise)
- 250 g butter
- 250 g hard cheese
- 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
- Wash the meat. Dry. Divide it into 5 parts. The piece should be 200 g. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap. Lay it on a board and beat it well with a kitchen hammer. The piece of meat after this procedure should be approximately 3-5 mm thick. All pieces of fillet should be beaten off.
- Prepare a baking sheet. Cover it with parchment paper. Lubricate it with vegetable oil (one spoon is enough). Place pieces of meat on the paper. Season the meat with salt and pepper. If meat is prepared in the classical way, then salt and spices should be kept to a minimum. But you can also use your favorite herbs.
- Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Pour boiling water over it. Hold for 5 minutes. Squeeze well. Grate cheese on a coarse grater. Take the cheese so that it subsequently covers the meat with a beautiful appetizing crust.
- Formation of the dish. On the laid piece of meat, place a cube of butter, which will give the meat softness and juiciness after it begins to melt. Enough for 20-25 g of this product for each portion of meat. Then put a pinch of onion on the butter. Spread the onion over all the pieces, as well as the cheese, which sprinkle evenly over all the portions of meat. Last but not least, go over the cheese with a trickle of sour cream or mayonnaise. This is done to form a delicious crispy crust.
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180C. Bake the meat for 40 minutes. Its readiness will be noticeable by the beautiful baked crust.
Cooking tips
Here are some tips to help you prepare this delicious meal.
- The dish will acquire a unique taste if the meat is first kept in red wine for some time.
- Cheese and mayonnaise for cooking meat in French can be replaced with feta cheese and sour cream. From this replacement, the dish will turn out to be a completely different taste with a thin appetizing and unusual crust.
- Many people don't like onions. So, the onion can be completely excluded, and an apple can be added instead. Some put canned mushrooms.
- Various vegetables and salads can be served with French meat, which go well with it.
