Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Just in case …

you were wondering


PICCATA is a method of preparing food where the meat is sliced, coated, sautéed and served in a sauce. It originated in Italy using veal. It's very popular in the USA, using chicken.

The sauce is made by de-glazing the pan after having flattened and sealed the chicken on both sides and set aside. To finish the sauce add lemon juice, white wine or stock to the de-glazed pan and reduce. Shallots or garlic can be added with capers and slices of lemon. After reducing butter is added to finish the sauce.

An escalope is a piece of boneless meat that has been thinned out using a mallet, rolling pin or butterflied. The tenderising i.e. bashing with a mallet, breaks down the fibres in the meat making it tender and the thinner the meat the faster it cooks with loss of moisture.

Thought you might like a smidge of information!




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