Cotoletta alla Milanese

Lombardy · secondo · serves 2 · 35 min total · easy

Old quarrel: Milan or Vienna? The Wiener schnitzel and the cotoletta share an ancestor. Milan insists theirs is on the bone.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Trim the chops, leave the bone. Pound the meat lightly (not paper-thin — the Milanese version is bone-in, 1 cm thick).
  2. Dip in beaten egg, then press hard into breadcrumbs.
  3. Melt clarified butter in a heavy pan — enough to come halfway up the meat. The butter should foam but not brown.
  4. Cook each side 3–4 minutes until deep gold. Lift with a paper towel.
  5. Season with salt. Lemon wedge on the plate.

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