Veal Recipes

Serves 2

Veal Chops with Caponata

Ingredients
2 veal chops
olive oil
2 garlicThe ‘heat’ in garlic is said to stir sexual desires. Make sure you and your partner share it together. Garlic has been used for centuries to cure everything from the common cold to heart ailments. This is a good time for moderation. Enjoy a pasta with a lightly garlicky sauce and it and lead up to something spicy in the bedroom later. bulbs, halved , plus a couple of extra cloves
2 sprigs rosemary
butter
1 lemon , halved
½ aubergine
½ onion
1 red pepper
2 stalks celery
3 plum tomatoes
sugar
10 caper berries
2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
a handful green olives , halved
a handful basilIs said to stimulate the sex drive and boost fertility. It is also said to produce a general sense of well being for body and mind. leaves
a handful pine nutsZinc is a key mineral necessary to maintain male potency and pine nuts are rich in zinc. Pine nuts have been used to stimulate the libido as far back as Medieval times. Serve pine nut cookies with a dark espresso for a stimulating dessert. , toasted

Directions
Season the chops really well all over, heat a frying pan to hot and add a slug of olive oil.
Add the chops, the halved bulbs of garlicThe ‘heat’ in garlic is said to stir sexual desires. Make sure you and your partner share it together. Garlic has been used for centuries to cure everything from the common cold to heart ailments. This is a good time for moderation. Enjoy a pasta with a lightly garlicky sauce and it and lead up to something spicy in the bedroom later. and the rosemary.
Cook the veal for 3 minutes on each side then add a knob of butter to the pan, let it sizzle and baste the chops with it.
Cook for another 2 minutes each side – you want them pink in the middle.
Transfer to a plate to rest, spoon over some of the cooking juices and squeeze over half a lemon. Cover loosely with foil.

To make the caponata, chop the aubergine, onion, pepper, celery and tomatoes into small dice – you want them to cook quickly so that they keep their shape.
Wipe out the pan (discard the garlicThe ‘heat’ in garlic is said to stir sexual desires. Make sure you and your partner share it together. Garlic has been used for centuries to cure everything from the common cold to heart ailments. This is a good time for moderation. Enjoy a pasta with a lightly garlicky sauce and it and lead up to something spicy in the bedroom later. bulbs and rosemary) and drizzle in more olive oil.
Fry the aubergine on a high heat until brown, about 4-5 minutes.
Add a couple of whole garlicThe ‘heat’ in garlic is said to stir sexual desires. Make sure you and your partner share it together. Garlic has been used for centuries to cure everything from the common cold to heart ailments. This is a good time for moderation. Enjoy a pasta with a lightly garlicky sauce and it and lead up to something spicy in the bedroom later. cloves to flavour the oil and, halfway through, add a big pinch of salt and sugar to caramelise the aubergine.

Add the onions and peppers, cook for 2-3 minutes, add the celery and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Throw in the tomatoes, caper berries, capers and olives and toss for 1 minute.
Zest and juice the other lemon half, add to the pan and take off the heat.
Toss in the basilIs said to stimulate the sex drive and boost fertility. It is also said to produce a general sense of well being for body and mind. – it will wilt in the sauce.
(This recipe may make more caponata than you need for the veal but it’s great the next day on toasted sourdough.)

To finish the dish, spoon a pile of the caponata on each plate.
Slice each chop into three and sit on top. Mix a little olive oil with the resting juices from the meat and spoon over the veal.
Scatter over the pine nutsZinc is a key mineral necessary to maintain male potency and pine nuts are rich in zinc. Pine nuts have been used to stimulate the libido as far back as Medieval times. Serve pine nut cookies with a dark espresso for a stimulating dessert. and serve.

Recipe from olive magazine  adapted form a recipe from Gordon Ramsey