Cotoletta alla Milanese: a Typical Recipe – How to Make it

Traditional Milanese Veal Chop

The “Cotoletta alla Milanese” is a world known dish, like other specialties from Milano, like the famous Risotto alla Milanese.

Cotoletta derives from “costoletta”, little rib, due to the bone that remained attached to the meat. The preparation is simple yet a bit long, but every effort is worth it!

Buon appetito!

Ingredients

Serves 4 people

• 4 veal chops (3/4 cm high and at warm temperature)
• 100g butter
• 2 eggs
• 100g all-purpose flour
• 200g breadcrumbs
• salt
• a lemon

Preparation

Make a few cuts on the outer skin of the chops so that it does not shrink during cooking and flatten with a meat pounder. Do not add the salt during the cooking but only once the chops are ready onto the serving plate, so that they stay tender. Lightly flour the chops.

Crack the eggs into a bowl, beat them without adding salt then dip them into the egg one at the time holding them by the bone.

Then coat then with coarse breadcrumbs (prepared roughly grating some stale bread only a few minutes earlier). Press the chops with the palm of your hand so the bread coating sticks and does not come off during cooking. Heat the butter in a large saucepan, turn up the heat, when the butter is golden brown put in the chops arranged in one layer. Fry for 7 or 8 minutes on each side till its tender and lightly golden, arrange on a serving plate, season with salt and garnish with lemon segments. They are also excellent on cold as well. Use top quality veal chops, each chop must include the bone to which the meat is attached like a flag to the mast. If you would like to try traditional Cotoletta alla Milanese, you can cover the bone, with aluminum foil, allowing your guests to eat it with their hands without getting too messy.

Traditional Milanese Veal Chop The “Cotoletta alla Milanese” is a world known dish, like other specialties from Milano, like the famous Risotto alla Milanese. Cotoletta derives from “costoletta”, little rib, due to the bone that remained attached to the meat. The preparation is simple yet a bit long, but every…

Traditional Milanese Veal Chop The “Cotoletta alla Milanese” is a world known dish, like other specialties from Milano, like the famous Risotto alla Milanese. Cotoletta derives from “costoletta”, little rib, due to the bone that remained attached to the meat. The preparation is simple yet a bit long, but every…