Best Veal Stew With Snow Peas Recipes

EASY VEAL STEW WITH WINE, PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large saucepot, heat olive oil and butter on medium to high heat. Add onions and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until softened.
• Season veal chunks with 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
• Place veal into the pot. Cook veal and onions until veal is brown and fully cooked, about 15 minutes.
• Add cayenne pepper and wine. Simmer on low heat for about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Meanwhile, open a package of frozen peas and carrots, place them into a colander and rinse them under cool water.
• When the wine has been reduced, add the frozen peas and carrots, beef stock, and an additional 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
• Bring to boil. THEN leave uncovered and simmer the veal stew for 15 to 20 minutes, until the liquid has reduced a little. Stir occasionally. Taste for stew and season with salt and pepper to taste. Turn off the heat and cover with a lid. Allow the veal to sit within the broth for a few minutes. Serve warm, with a side of whole-grain noodles or rice.
• yields: 4 to 6 servings

VEAL STEW WITH SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Heat two tablespoons of the olive oil in a heavy casserole. Add the onion, carrots and celery and saute over low heat until soft but not brown. Add the garlic and continue to saute for a minute or two. Remove from heat.
• Dry the veal on paper toweling. Add the remaining oil to a heavy skillet and add as much of the veal as you can at a time without crowding. Brown the veal pieces over medium- high heat. As they are browned, place them over the vegetables in the casserole. When the veal is all browned, add the wine to the skillet and cook, scraping the skillet until all the particles are dissolved.
• Pour the contents of the skillet over the meat and vegetables in the casserole, add the tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring the casserole to a simmer, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, until the veal is tender. Stir in the lemon juice and recheck the seasonings.
• Add the snow peas and cook just long enough for the snow peas to turn bright green and become tender, about five minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and scallions and serve.

VEAL STEW WITH ARTICHOKE HEARTS, FAVA BEANS, AND PEAS

Steps:

• Prepare sachet d'epice Place the aromatics on a large piece of cheesecloth, gather the edges to enclose, and tie with kitchen twine.
• Blanch favas Prepare an ice-water bath in a large bowl for shocking the beans (which stops the cooking and preserves their color). Drop the fava beans into a large pot of boiling salted water until bright green and just tender, about 2 minutes. Lift out the peas with a slotted spoon (or a spider) and plunge into the ice-water bath. Once they are thoroughly cool, drain and peel off the tough outer skins.
• Cook veal and artichokes Pour the wine into a large saucepan and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute (to cook off some of the alcohol). Add veal, water, and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and skim the foam from the surface with a slotted spoon (veal produces more surface foam than other meats, so this step is important). Add herb sachet and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook, uncovered, 1 hour, skimming the surface frequently. Add artichokes to the pot, submerging them partially in the liquid. Cook until the artichokes and veal are tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 20 to 30 minutes more, adding peas during last 3 minutes of cooking. Remove the sachet and squeeze out the liquid into the pot. Then strain the contents of the pot through a fine sieve into a bowl or large measuring cup, reserving veal, artichokes, and peas. You should have about 3 cups liquid.
• Thicken sauce Wipe out the pot and return it to the stove. First, make a roux by melting the butter over medium heat until foamy, swirling the pan to melt evenly, then whisk in the flour and cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Next, make a velouté by whisking the reserved liquid into the roux and bringing to a boil (again, always whisking), cooking until the mixture is smooth. (Classic culinary teaching would have you whisk cold stock into a hot roux, or vice versa, to prevent the sauce from forming lumps, but that isn't necessary as long as you whisk diligently.) Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Make liaison (optional) Whisk together the egg yolk, if using, and heavy cream, then temper by gradually whisking in a cup of the velouté (this will allow the egg to gently heat so it doesn't curdle). Now whisk everything back into the pot and cook over gentle heat until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of the spoon, 1 to 2 minutes. (If you prefer, omit the egg and whisk the cream directly into the velouté in the pan.)
• Serve Return the veal, artichokes, and peas to the pot along with the peeled favas and cook gently to heat through, stirring. Season with salt and pepper. Add lemon juice and chopped dill or parsley to taste.
• Ingredients
• This stew is best made in spring when all the ingredients are in season, but in a pinch, substitute frozen peas, fava beans, and even artichoke hearts, adding all at the end, just to heat through.
• BLANQUETTE DE VEAU
• Omit fava beans, peas, and artichokes. Once the veal has cooked for 1 hour and 20 minutes, melt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 8 ounces small white button mushrooms and 6 ounces blanched and peeled pearl onions (page 31), tossing to combine. Pour in 1/4 cup stock from the stew and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are cooked through and the stock has reduced to a syrupy glaze, about 9 minutes. Finish with the liaison, then return veal to the pot along with the vegetables.

CLASSIC ITALIAN VEAL SPEZZATINO

Steps:

• Mix cornstarch, paprika, and pepper in a mixing bowl. Pat veal chunks dry and toss them with cornstarch mixture to coat.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add veal pieces to the pot, one by one, and brown on all sides. Set aside leftover cornstarch.
• Reduce heat slightly and add onion, carrot, celery, and red chile pepper; cook until fragrant, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour in broth and wine. Deglaze pot using a wooden spoon to scrape any browned bits off the bottom. Add potatoes, tomatoes, peas, and bay leaf. Stir and cover.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until veal is fork-tender, potatoes are cooked, and liquid has thickened, about 1 hour. Add some water from time to time to keep the stew from burning, but don't let it get soupy. Add leftover cornstarch if the stew needs thickening at the end.

SPRING VEAL STEW

Steps:

• Put a 12-inch skillet over high heat, and a minute later add oil and butter. Add the meat, in one layer (if you use the larger amount of meat you may have to cook in batches). Cook, undisturbed, until the meat is nicely browned on the bottom, about 5 minutes.
• Add tarragon, onions and some salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions soften and any meat stuck to bottom of pan is released, about 5 minutes. Add liquid, stir, reduce heat to low, and cover. Cook 30 to 40 minutes, or until the veal is tender.
• Uncover, add peas and raise the heat to medium. Cook about 5 minutes, until the peas are done. Adjust seasoning, garnish if you like and serve.

LEMON HERB VEAL STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a 3 quart or larger slow cooker, combine leek, garlic, tarragon, lemon zest, thyme, white pepper and sage.
• Coat veal cubes with flour, then add to slow cooker.
• Pour in wine and lemon juice.
• Cover and cook on low until veal is very tender when pierced (7-8 hours).
• In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and cream. Blend into stew.
• Increase cooker to high. Cover and cook, stirring 2 to 3 times, until sauce is thickened (about 15 minutes).
• Season to taste with salt.
• Garnish with fresh tarragon and lemon slices.

VEAL STEW WITH DILL

Steps:

• Put the veal in a broad skillet over high heat; sear, undisturbed, for about 4 minutes, or until the underside is nicely browned (don't worry if not all of the pieces brown). Stir, then add the shallots and potatoes. Cook for another couple of minutes, then add salt, pepper, and 1 1/2 cups of water. Stir, scraping the bottom if necessary to loosen any bits of meat that may have stuck. Turn the heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 45 minutes, stirring once or twice during that period.
• Uncover and add the carrots if you're using them; stir once, recover, and simmer for about 15 minutes more, or until the veal and potatoes are tender.
• Uncover and add the peas and scallions if you like. Raise the heat if necessary to boil away excess liquid. Taste and adjust the seasoning, then serve, garnished with the dill and accompanied by a lemon wedge.

VEAL STEW

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender.
• Add meat to the pot, and brown evenly.
• Stir in tomato sauce and white wine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.