Oven-Baked Breast of Milk-Fed Veal

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Leave a 600-700 g veal breast whole with its bones; lard it with 50-60 g finely cut prosciutto and tie it compact.
  2. Spread generously with lard, salt, and bake in a portable country oven.
  3. Add potatoes about ten minutes before it's done. Alternatives: butter and oil instead of lard; salt generously instead of prosciutto.

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