Prosciutto-Wrapped Turkey Cutlets

Prosciutto-Wrapped Turkey Cutlets

An Italian-style basil and melon salsa tops these luscious and lean grilled cutlets. When buying cutlets, make sure not to get the ones that are very thinly sliced for scaloppini.
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Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

Instructions

  • Grease grill rack.
  • Prepare outdoor grill for direct grilling over medium heat.
  • From 1 lime, grate 1 teaspoon peel and squeeze 2 tablespoons juice.
  • Cut remaining lime into 4 wedges and set aside.
  • In medium bowl, combine lime juice, both melons, cucumber, jalapeño, basil, and salt.

Makes about 3 cups salsa.

  • Sprinkle turkey cutlets with lime peel and pepper.
  • Wrap each cutlet with 2 pieces prosciutto, pressing prosciutto firmly onto turkey.
  • Place turkey on hot grill rack over medium heat and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until turkey loses its pink color throughout and instant-read thermometer registers 165°F when inserted horizontally into center, turning over once.
  • Transfer turkey to plate; serve with salsa and lime wedges.
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Course; Turkey
Cuisine; European / Italian

Roman Chicken Sauté With Artichokes

Roman Chicken Sauté With Artichokes

This light and tangy chicken dish, studded with sweet grape tomatoes and garlicky artichoke hearts, is served over a bed of spicy arugula.
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Ingredients

6 main-dish servings

  • pounds chicken-breast tenders each cut crosswise in half, then cut lengthwise in half
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves thinly sliced
  • 1 can 13¾ to 14 ounces artichoke hearts, drained, each cut into quarters
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon peel plus additional for garnish
  • 1 bag 5 to 6 ounces baby arugula

Instructions

  • Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper to season all sides.
  • In 12-inch skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat until very hot.
  • Add chicken and cook 8 minutes or until browned on the outside and no longer pink inside, stirring occasionally.
  • With slotted spoon, transfer chicken to bowl.
  • To same skillet, add remaining 1 teaspoon oil.
  • Reduce heat to medium and add garlic; cook 30 seconds or until golden.
  • Stir in artichokes, and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until browned.
  • Stir in wine, and cook 1 minute over medium-high heat.
  • Add chicken broth and tomatoes; cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until most tomatoes burst.
  • Remove skillet from heat.
  • Return chicken to skillet; stir in lemon peel until combined.
  • Arrange arugula on platter; top with sautéed chicken mixture.
  • Garnish chicken with additional lemon peel.

Nutrition values

Calories: 165 kcal
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Course; Chicken
Cuisine; European / Italian

Cornish Hens Milanese

Cornish Hens Milanese

Gremolata, the name given to the tasty blend of chopped fresh parsley, freshly grated lemon peel, and pungent garlic we use here, is a popular way to finish a meat, poultry, or fish dish in Italy. Try gremolata scattered over steamed green beans or new potatoes..
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Ingredients

4-main dish servings.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Remove giblets and necks from hens; reserve for another use.
  • With poultry shears, cut each hen lengthwise in half.
  • Rinse hen pieces with cold running water; pat dry with paper towels.
  • In small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons parsley with oil, salt, and pepper.
  • With fingertips, carefully separate skin from meat on each hen half; spread parsley mixture under skin.
  • Place hens, skin side up, in large roasting pan (17” by 11½ ”).
  • Roast hens, basting with drippings three times, until instant-read thermometer registers 165°F when inserted into thickest part of thigh, about 50 minutes.
  • Arrange hens on warm platter.
  • In cup, combine remaining 1 tablespoon parsley, garlic, and lemon peel; sprinkle over hens.

Nutrition values

Calories: 240 kcal
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Course; Chicken
Cuisine; European / Italian

Italian Herb-Roasted Chicken

Italian Herb-Roasted Chicken

This simple and delicious roasted-chicken recipe combines dried Mediterranean herbs and garlic.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • Remove bag with giblets and neck from chicken cavity; discard or reserve for another use.
  • In cup, mix olive oil, herbs, and garlic.
  • With fingertips, gently separate skin from meat on chicken breast.
  • Rub herb mixture on meat under skin.
  • Tie legs together with string.
  • Rub chicken all over with salt and pepper.
  • Place chicken, breast side up, on rack in small roasting pan (13” by 9”).
  • Pour ¼ cup water into pan.
  • Roast chicken 1 hour or until juices run clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced with tip of knife and instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F.
  • Lift chicken from pan and tilt slightly to allow juices inside cavity to run into pan.
  • Place chicken on platter; let stand 10 minutes to allow juices to set for easier carving.
  • Remove rack from roasting pan.
  • Skim and discard fat from pan juices.
  • Add remaining ¼ cup water to pan juices; cook 1 minute over medium heat, stirring constantly to scrape up browned bits from bottom of pan.
  • Serve chicken with pan juices

Nutrition values

Calories: 390 kcal
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Course; Chicken
Cuisine; European / Italian

Chicken Scarpariello

Chicken Scarpariello

We adapted this traditional Italian dish for the slow cooker. One secret to its extra-rich taste: coffee-colored cremini mushrooms (or baby portobellos), a more flavorful variety of the common cultivated mushroom.
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Equipment

  • nonstick 12-inch skillet

Ingredients

6 main-dish servings

  • 8 ounces hot or sweet italian sausage links cut crosswise into 1½-inch pieces
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed with garlic press
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon italian seasoning or dried thyme
  • 1 pint grape tomatoes
  • 1 package 8 ounces sliced cremini mushrooms
  • 1 chicken 3½ to 4 pounds, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed from all but wings
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  • In nonstick 12-inch skillet, cook sausage pieces over medium heat, turning occasionally, until well browned, about 6 minutes.
  • With tongs or slotted spoon, transfer sausages to 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
  • Add onion to skillet and cook until slightly softened, about 4 minutes.
  • Stir in garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
  • Remove skillet from heat; stir in tomato paste, vinegar, and Italian seasoning until blended, then add tomatoes and mushrooms.
  • Spoon vegetable mixture into slow cooker and stir to combine.
  • Do not wash skillet.
  • Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
  • In same skillet, cook chicken (in two batches, if necessary) over medium heat until well browned, about 10 minutes.
  • Place chicken pieces on top of vegetable mixture in slow cooker.
  • Cover and cook as manufacturer directs, 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.
  • Skim fat from juices before serving.

Nutrition values

Calories: 355 kcal
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Course; Chicken
Cuisine; European / Italian

Glazed Rosemary Lamb Chops

Glazed Rosemary Lamb Chops

These rosemary-scented lamb chops are broiled with an apple-jelly and balsamic-vinegar glaze. This glaze is delicious on pork, too.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat broiler as manufacturer directs and position rack close to heating element.
  • Rub both sides of each lamb chop with garlic; discard garlic.
  • Sprinkle lamb with rosemary, salt, and pepper.
  • In cup, combine apple jelly and balsamic vinegar.
  • Place chops on rack in broiling pan.
  • Broil chops, close to source of heat, 4 minutes.
  • Brush chops with half of apple-jelly mixture; broil 1 minute.
  • Turn chops over and broil 4 minutes longer.
  • Brush chops with remaining jelly mixture and broil 1 minute longer for medium-rare or continue cooking to desired doneness.
  • (Instant-read meat thermometer should register 145°F.
  • )
  • Transfer lamb to warm platter.
  • Skim and discard fat from drippings in pan.
  • Serve chops with pan juices drizzled on top.

Nutrition values

Calories: 240 kcal
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Course; Lamb
Cuisine; European / Italian

Pork Chops Marsala

Pork Chops Marsala

A lush but light wine sauce flavors these lean chops, for restaurant-style richness minus the fat and calories.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Evenly season pork chops, on both sides, with salt and pepper.
  • In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium heat.
  • Add chops and cook 6 minutes or until browned outside and still slightly pink in center, turning over once.
  • (Instant-read meat thermometer should register 145°F.
  • ) Transfer chops to platter; keep warm.
  • In same skillet, heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil 1 minute.
  • Add mushrooms, shallot, and thyme; cook 5 minutes or until mushrooms are browned and shallot is softened.
  • Meanwhile, place asparagus in glass pie plate with water; cover and cook in microwave on High for 3 minutes or until fork-tender.
  • Set aside.
  • Add broth and wine to mushroom mixture; cook 2 minutes.
  • Place chops on dinner plates; top with wine sauce.
  • Serve with asparagus alongside.

Notes & Wine Advice

Marsala, Italy’s most famous fortified wine, is available secco (dry), semi-secco (semisweet), and dolce (sweet). Fine is usually aged less than one year, while Vergine e/o Soleras Stravecchio or Riserva is aged at least ten years.

Nutrition values

Calories: 230 kcal
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Course; Pork
Cuisine; European / Italian

Braciole With Grape Tomatoes

Braciole With Grape Tomatoes

Braciole is traditionally simmered slowly in tomato sauce. This recipe uses a quicker method: roasting the beef at high heat and pairing it with tiny sweet grape tomatoes.
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Ingredients

8 main-dish servings

  • ½ cup italian-style bread crumbs
  • 1 garlic clove crushed with garlic press
  • ¼ cup finely grated pecorino-romano cheese
  • ½ cup packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves finely chopped
  • 4 teaspoons olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 beef flank steak 1¾ to 2 pounds
  • 2 pints grape tomatoes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 475°F.
  • In small bowl, combine bread crumbs, garlic, Pecorino, parsley, 1 tablespoon oil, and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
  • On large sheet of waxed paper, with flat side of meat mallet or heavy skillet, pound steak to even ½-inch thickness.
  • Spread crumb mixture over steak in even layer; press into meat.
  • Starting at one long side, roll steak into cylinder (about 2½ inches in diameter) to enclose filling completely.
  • (Some bread crumbs may spill out.
  • ) With butcher’s twine or kitchen string, tie roll tightly at 1-inch intervals.
  • Place roll in center of 18” by 12” jelly-roll pan.
  • Rub salt and remaining 1 teaspoon oil and ¼ teaspoon pepper all over steak.
  • Scatter tomatoes around steak.
  • Roast 25 to 27 minutes or until temperature on instant-read thermometer, inserted into thickest part of roll, registers 145°F.
  • Let steak stand in pan 10 minutes to set juices for easier slicing.
  • Remove and discard twine; cut roll crosswise into ½ -inch-thick slices.
  • Transfer meat and tomatoes with their juices to serving platter.

Nutrition values

Calories: 255 kcal
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Course; Beef
Cuisine; European / Italian

Veal Chops, Osso Buco Style

Veal Chops, Osso Buco Style

Tender veal chops are simmered with tomatoes, herbs, and wine.
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Equipment

  • Dutch oven

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 pounds bone-in veal shoulder chops
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 carrots peeled and chopped
  • 3 stalks celery thinly sliced
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 1 can 14½ ounces whole tomatoes in juice
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 can 14½ ounces chicken broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 package 10 ounces frozen peas, thawed
  • ½ teaspoon grated fresh lemon peel plus additional for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In 6-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot.
  • Sprinkle veal chops with salt and pepper on both sides.
  • Add to Dutch oven in three batches, and cook 8 to 9 minutes per batch or until veal is browned on both sides, turning over once.
  • Transfer veal to plate.
  • Add carrots, celery, onions, and garlic to pot and cook over medium heat 12 minutes or until lightly browned and tender, stirring occasionally.
  • Return veal and any juices from plate to Dutch oven.
  • Stir in tomatoes with their juice, wine, broth, and bay leaf.
  • Heat to boiling over high heat, stirring and breaking up tomatoes with side of spoon.
  • Cover Dutch oven; bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until veal is very tender when pierced.
  • (Instant-read meat thermometer should register 145°F.
  • ) Transfer veal to platter.
  • Skim cooking fat from liquid.
  • Cook sauce on range top over medium-high heat about 10 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring often.
  • Add peas and lemon peel; cook 2 minutes.
  • To serve, discard bay leaf.
  • Transfer veal to dinner plates.
  • Spoon sauce over veal; sprinkle with additional lemon peel for garnish.

Nutrition values

Calories: 270 kcal
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Course; Veal
Cuisine; European / Italian

Veal Parmigiana

Veal Parmigiana

Smothered in marinara sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese, this Italian-restaurant favorite is easy to make at home. For a lower-fat take on this classic, substitute 1½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves for the veal.
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Ingredients

6 Main-Dish Servings

Instructions

  • On waxed paper, combine bread crumbs, salt, and pepper.
  • In pie plate, beat egg and water.
  • Dip cutlets in egg mixture, then in bread crumbs; repeat to coat each cutlet twice.
  • In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
  • Add cutlets, a few at a time, and cook until browned, about 5 minutes per side, using tongs to transfer cutlets to platter as they are browned.
  • Return cutlets to skillet.
  • Spoon marinara sauce evenly over cutlets.
  • Sprinkle with Parmesan and top with mozzarella.
  • Reduce heat to low; cover and cook just until cheese has melted, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition values

Calories: 375 kcal
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Course; Veal
Cuisine; European / Italian