Schnitzel Holstein

Name: Schnitzel Holstein
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 veal fillets, not too large (can be substituted for chicken); 4 tbsp plain flour; Sea salt and pepper; 1 egg, beaten, 4 eggs for frying; 150g fresh breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for frying eggs; 8 anchovy fillets; 1 tbsp salted capers, rinsed; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 100g watercress; 1 lemon, quartered

Jill Dupleix

October 19, 2011

Time:< 30 mins

If good veal is hard to find, substitute chicken breasts. Use a fresh, fine crumb or go chunky with Japanese panko crumbs.

Ingredients

4 veal fillets, not too large (can be substituted for chicken)
4 tbsp plain flour
Sea salt and pepper
1 egg, beaten, 4 eggs for frying
150g fresh breadcrumbs
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for frying eggs
8 anchovy fillets
1 tbsp salted capers, rinsed
1 tbsp lemon juice
100g watercress
1 lemon, quartered

Method

Place the meat between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound flat. Trim neatly. Mix the flour, sea salt and pepper on one plate, the egg on another and the breadcrumbs on another. Coat each fillet in flour, then egg, then crumbs. Melt butter with olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat and briskly fry each schnitzel on both sides until golden, adding more butter and oil as necessary.
Clean out the pan, add more olive oil and fry the eggs until the white is set but the yolk is still runny. Top each schnitzel with a fried egg, arrange anchovies on top and scatter with sea salt and pepper. Add the capers and lemon juice to the buttery oils left in the egg pan, heat through and spoon over the top. Serve with watercress and lemon wedges.