Fricassee is the French name for the dish, reminiscent of our vegetable stew. The main characters in the dish are meat and vegetables. Lemon juice, white pepper and sage, which are used in veal fricasse, add sophistication to the dish.
Ingredients:
- Boneless veal (shoulder or chest) - 1 kg;
- Chicken broth - 1 l;
- Bay leaf - 1 pc;
- Flour - 2 tablespoons;
- Leek (it can be replaced with regular onion) - 2 pcs;
- Sage - 1 tsp;
- Carrots - 2 pcs;
- White pepper - 10 grains;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Egg yolks - 2 pcs;
- Butter;
- The juice of half a lemon;
- Cream - 100 g;
- Pepper.
Preparation:
- Cut off the leek leaves and set aside. Rinse and tie them so that you can easily separate them from the dish later. Set aside the leek stalk (white part). Cut the carrots into three-centimeter cubes.
- Rinse the meat and put it in a deep saucepan with plenty of water. There is no need to salt the water. Bring meat to a boil and cook for about 5-7 minutes. Then drain the water and rinse the meat under running water.
- Next, put the meat in a clean saucepan and pour over the pre-cooked chicken broth. Add diced carrots, leeks, bay leaves, sage (it will give the dish an interesting specific taste), white peppercorns and a teaspoon of salt. Bring the contents to a boil, then cook for another 1 hour while stirring occasionally.
- Cut the leek stalk into small 2 cm pieces. And add them to the broth, half an hour until tender.
- Place cooked meat, carrots and white onion on a dish and keep warm.
- Now you need to prepare the gravy. Strain the broth and cook, uncovered, until the contents are reduced to 500 grams.
- Mix flour and butter, dilute with a couple of tablespoons of warm broth. Beat egg yolks with cream.
- Bring the broth to a boil. Add diluted flour to it. Cool slightly, then pour in the egg yolk and cream mixture. Cook for another 3 minutes. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon, pepper and salt.
- Pour the sauce over the meat and vegetables. Serve with rice or boiled potatoes. It is easy to choose a drink with a dish, for example, white wine is perfect.
