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Veal Marengo

Marengo made with chunks of veal, simmered long and slow in a tomato sauce with mushrooms and onions.

This is a recipe with historical roots, named after one of Napoleon's battles, near Marengo in Italy in June 1800.

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Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 3 people, you will need:

1 1 lb + 1.6 oz veal
2 13.2 oz button or field mushrooms
3 1 onion
4 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 2.6 oz small pieces of smoked bacon
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 13.2 oz peeled and chopped tomatoes
8 3.5 oz dry white wine
9 parsley
10 salt
11 pepper

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33 min.	2 hours 21 min.	2 hours 54 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Cut 1 lb + 1.6 oz veal into large chunks.

There's no need to use prime veal, a cheap cut will work very well.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare 13.2 oz button or field mushrooms then slice them.

Reserve

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 onion and chop finely.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the chunks of veal.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Fry until just starting to brown, then transfer to a plate and salt.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Immediately after, fry 2.6 oz small pieces of smoked bacon until starting to brown.

Transfer to the same plate.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put the mushrooms into the pan...

Stage 8 - 7 min.

...and fry in the meat juices. No need to add any salt.

Transfer to plate with the meat.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan. When hot, add the chopped onion, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes while stirring.

Stage 10 - 1 min.

Tip the meat and mushrooms back into the pan and mix well.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Add 13.2 oz peeled and chopped tomatoes and 3.5 oz dry white wine, mix well and deglaze the pan, then turn the heat right down.

Stage 12 - 2 hours

Put on the lid and leave to simmer for at least 2 hours.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

About 5 minutes before serving, add a little chopped parsley and check the seasoning.

Serve with rice or pasta, for example.

Remarks

Legend has it that the recipe was developed by Dunan, one of Napoleon's cooks, on the eve of the battle. Cut off from the usual supplies, he concocted the dish from what was available locally: chicken, tomatoes, wine and parsley.

We've come a long way from the original recipe. These days it tends to be a slow-cooked dish, similar to beef bourguignon, but with tomatoes dominating.

As with any slow-cooked recipe, it will keep and reheats very well, even a number of times. It also freezes well.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,023 Kcal or 8,470 Kj	112 gr	34 gr	160 gr
101 %	43 %	3 %	24 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
146 Kcal or 611 Kj	8 gr	2 gr	12 gr
7 %	3 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
674 Kcal or 2,822 Kj	37 gr	11 gr	53 gr
34 %	14 %	1 %	8 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 3 people : 11.18 €
Per person : 3.73 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Veal : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Sausagemeat, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), ... All
	Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausages with baked beans, French style, Polenta parmentier, Sunday night pasta, Rice à l'italienne, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", ... All
	Button or field mushrooms: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Koulibiak in pie dish, Pork escalope with mushrooms and sage cream, Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways, Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., ... All
	Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Summer Salmon Blanquette, How to prepare cockles, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Seafood sauerkraut, Artichoke hearts forestier , ... All

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