
Vitel Tonnè
Vitel Tonnè is a classic dish from the Piedmontese tradition. It is a cold appetizer made with veal meat served with a tuna sauce, prepared with anchovies, hard-boiled eggs, capers, mayonnaise, and lemon. This combination of flavors creates a tasty and delicate dish, perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
- Round of veal
1,000G1,000G - White wine vinegar
50Cl50Cl - Onion
11 - Cloves
66 - Black pepper
5Grani5Grani - Cinnamon
1Pezzo1Pezzo - Bay leafto taste
- Saltto taste
- Anchovies in salt
1010 - Butter
2Noci2Noci - Hard-boiled egg yolks
33 - Capers in salt
1010
Preparation
- STEP 1 OF 8
Take the round of the leg or eye of a Fassone veal, place it in a bowl and cover it with vinegar and water (half a liter of white vinegar should suffice), add the coarsely sliced onion, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, and salt.
- STEP 2 OF 8
Let the meat marinate in the marinade for at least 12 hours or overnight.
- STEP 3 OF 8
Now braise the eye of round: take a saucepan, melt two knobs of butter in it, then place the well-drained meat and brown it a little until it forms a thin crust.
- STEP 4 OF 8
At this point, add the desalted and deboned anchovies and let them dissolve in the butter, then pour the crumbled hard-boiled egg yolk into the sauce.
- STEP 5 OF 8
Stir and immediately add the marinade.
- STEP 6 OF 8
Cook uncovered until the sauce has reduced well.
- STEP 7 OF 8
The cooking should not be too prolonged, otherwise, the meat, when served cold and sliced, will appear dry and drained of its juices.
- STEP 8 OF 8
Remove the meat and slice it not too thinly.
Suggestions
Pan
Kettle
Bowl
General Information
Storage notes
Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days
More information
Typical dish of Piedmont
Origin
Italia, Piemonte
Analysis
Attention
Macronutrients (100 gr)
Attention
Energy (kcal) | 113.26 |
Carbohydrates (g) | 3.53 |
of which Sugars (g) | 3.43 |
Fat (g) | 2.89 |
of which Saturates (g) | 1.38 |
Protein (g) | 13.46 |
Fiber (g) | 1.39 |
Sale (g) | 0.4 |
- Proteins13.46g·63%
- Carbohydrates3.53g·17%
- Fats2.89g·14%
- Fibers1.39g·7%