Name: Veal Patties Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 41 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 onion(s); 2 tbsp butter; 2 tomato(es); 1 clove garlic; 0.5 tbsp thyme; 4 tbsp breadcrumbs; 4 tbsp cooked rice; 3 tbsp parsley; 4 tbsp flour; 0.5 cup bouillon beef; 2 tbsp butter; 5 tbsp milk; 1 lb veal mince; 0.25 tsp pepper; 1 egg(s); 2 oz butter; To taste salt; green salad

Ingredients

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Serves:

1 onion(s)

2 tbsp butter

2 tomato(es)

1 clove garlic

0.5 tbsp thyme

4 tbsp breadcrumbs

4 tbsp cooked rice

3 tbsp parsley

4 tbsp flour

0.5 cup bouillon beef

2 tbsp butter

5 tbsp milk

1 lb veal mince

0.25 tsp pepper

1 egg(s)

2 oz butter

To taste salt

green salad

And love - it is the main ingredient!

Nutrition

Please note that I am not a nutritionist. The nutrition information is provided for reference only and is approximate. It is calculated using one of the online calculators, like this one.

Servings

350 g

Per Serving

403

Calories

28 g

Protein

21.7 g

Fat

24.2 g

8 g

Sat Fat

73 mg

Chol

1.5 g

Fiber

329 mg

Sodium

2.8 g

Sugar

8 mcg

Vitamin D

67 mg

Calcium

2 mg

Iron

180 mg

Potassium

Ingredients

1 onion(s)

chopped, 4 tbsp

2 tbsp butter

2 tomato(es)

peeled, seeded, juiced and chopped

1 clove garlic

mashed

0.5 tbsp thyme

or basil

4 tbsp breadcrumbs

or 2-3 pieces of white bread

4 tbsp cooked rice

3 tbsp parsley

chopped

4 tbsp flour

sifted & spread on a dish

0.5 cup bouillon beef

2 tbsp butter

to make the sauce

5 tbsp milk

1 lb veal mince

500 g

0.25 tsp pepper

1 egg(s)

2 oz butter

50 g to fry

To taste salt

green salad

About recipe

This Veal Patties recipe or Fricadelles de Veau à la Nicoise in French is juicy and delicious meal!

Onions, garlic, and tomatoes taste extremely good when mixed with minced veal. And what’s better, you can use various sauces to get a new twist on the recipe every time you make it.

My little secret

When I think of veal patties, they are always warm, homemade and delicious. This is the recipe that I have enjoyed since my childhood, but it is only now that I have discovered a little secret: breadcrumbs have to be soaked in milk. Did you know it?

Milk gives unbelievable softness to the bread but, if you don’t have milk, you can also soak the breadcrumbs in warm water.

When the veal patties are ready, decorate the dish to your preference.

Side ideas for fricadelles de veau à la nicoise

Some great side ideas for this recipe are:

fresh salads,
mashed potatoes,
ratatouille,
buttered rice, or
French Green Beans with Bacon

Getting the perfect rice

Getting the perfect state of rice is always a tough task. But I invented my own way to achieve it. What I do is I put the rice into a pan and drain it in cold water 7–9 times until the water is crystal clear. Then I fill the casserole with boiling water and boil the rice until it is as tender as I need it to be – voila!

Three Veal Patties served over mashed potatoes, topped with green salad

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Steps

1 Done 5 min	Prepare vegetables Wash and chop tomatoes. Peel garlic and onion. Chop the onion and mash the garlic.
2 Done 2 min	Cook Onion Cook the onion with butter in a small frying pan slowly for 8-10 minutes, until the onion is tender, but not browned.
3 Done 5 min	Add other ingredients Add tomatoes, mashed garlic, salt and thyme to the onion. Cover and cook slowly for another 5 minutes.
4 Done 2 min	Cook vegetables Uncover the pan, raise the heat and boil rapidly until tomato juices evaporate almost completely. Then transfer into a mixing bowl.
5 Done 10 min	Cook rice and prepare breadcrumbs Meanwhile, cook rice and soak breadcrumbs in milk for 5 minutes. Pour the breadcrumbs into a strainer and press out as much of the milk as you can. Then add the breadcrumbs to the same mixing bowl (with other ingredients).
6 Done 18 min	Cook patties Add mince, transfer the warm rice, salt, pepper, chopped parsley and egg. Mix all ingredients with a wooden spoon. Form minced balls. Then roll the patties in flour and fry in a hot buttered pan. Brown them for 2-3 minutes on each side. When all patties are ready, place them into a big casserole and cook on a low heat for 15 minutes, flipping them once.
7 Done 3 min	Make sauce Cook the sauce in the last minute. Take a small saucepan, pour fat out of the pan (where the patties were cooked), add beef bouillon and boil/evaporate until you get 3-4 spoons of the sauce.
8 Done 1 min	Decorate with greens (optional) Decorate the dish with green salad.
9 Done	Serve Cut small pieces of butter and place on top of your side dish (I used mashed potatoes). Then top with the veal patties and pour the sauce over. Your Veal Patties or Fricadelles de Veau à la Nicoise are ready - bon appétit!