Jaeger Schnitzel

Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck

Show: Wolfgang PuckEpisode: Birth of a Chef

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RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(10)

Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

20 ounces beef or veal or venison leg, tri tip or shoulder, cut into 1/2-inch
Salt and pepper
Flour, for dredging
3 ounces olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped carrot
1/4 cup chopped celery
Bouquet garni (thyme, bay leaf, parsley)
2 cups red wine
1 cup veal stock
1 ounce butter
2 ounces thick cut bacon, diced
6 ounces pearl onions, boiled
2 cups wild mushrooms
2 tablespoons minced parsley leaves
Noodles or mashed potatoes, as an accompaniment

Directions

Season the meat with salt and pepper, dip the pieces in the flour, and shake off excess.

In a heavy saute pan, heat 2 ounces of olive oil over high heat. Sear both sides of the meat until golden. Remove meat and set aside.

Add the onion, carrot, celery, and bouquet garni. Saute for 1 minute. Deglaze with wine and continue to cook until reduced by half. Add 3/4-cup of the stock and return meat to pan, lower to a simmer, and cook until meat is tender. Transfer meat to a plate and keep warm. Strain sauce. Reserve.

In another saute pan, heat the remaining 1 ounce oil and butter. Saute the bacon until golden. Add the pearl onions and mushrooms and continue to saute until golden. Add to the sauce. Place the meat back into the sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.

To serve, divide schnitzel into 4 portions on center of heated plates. Pour the sauce with mushrooms and bacon on top. Sprinkle with minced parsley. Serve with noodles or mashed potatoes.

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recipe Jaeger Schnitzel
Elana Lancaster, CA 01-02-2009
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Smells like I remember Germany smelling!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband is German and remembers his step-mother's kitchen smelling just like this! It was wonderful. I made spaetzle and... it was a fabulous meal. Thanks, Wolfgang!Read more
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sean VAFB, CA 11-04-2008
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Area Specific
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I too am from Deutschland (Germany) from a town on the Mosel river called Merl near Zell-Kaimt (not Zell am-See) Wolfgang is... a brilliant artist and in this way this recipe is an interpretation of a classic. As you can see be reading below there are many variations. Where I am from it is a pork cut that is breaded fried with a thick mushroom cream sauce served with pommes (french fries) and salat. I have gone to other regions and had it as veal (never as steak). Like anywhere the local menu depends much on how rich the area is, what the history is, who they have as neighbors and that sort of thing. Here is the Definition as is known. Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This schnitzel veal cutlet, 1854, from Ger. Schnitzel "cutlet," lit. "a slice," from Schnitz "a cut, slice" (+ -el, dim. suffix), from schnitzen "to carve," frequentative of schneiden "to cut," from O.H.G. snidan, cognate with O.E. sni?an "to cut," from P.Gmc. *snithanan. I have prepared this recipe and though it is good as a recipe it isnt what I was raised on. I have never been to Passau itself but I have been to the east (Buyern-Munchen ist miene Lieblingsfu?ball-Mannschaft) but i dont think that I remember what there schnitzel was like... so it is possible that that close to another border it would be different. My recomendation?... try them all and decide what you like. (and now when I go on vacation i will have to go east for a day and do some research :) )Read more
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Tom Henderson, NC 10-01-2008
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Just like home!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I am from Passau and we cooked this at home often. This is just the way I remember it! Sehr Gut! Sehr Smekt! As for Mr.... Anonymous, Jager does mean Hunter, but Schnitzel is a meat dish. Jaeger is the manner in which the dish is prepared.. In this case it was venison originally because deer were common in the countryside in earlier years. As they became less numerous, other forms of meat were substituted, such as veal, pork and beef. Regardless of the meat, Jaeger Schnitzel is Wunderbar and a lovely dish and this particular recipe is authentic.Read more
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R CHESAPEAKE, VA 08-25-2008
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Hits the Authentic Fatherland Mark
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Prepared this for a dinner party of 8 a couple of weeks ago. One of the guests raised in Germany. Used a German Fried... Potato Recipe found on another site.Read more
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Anonymous 02-11-2008
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The whole idea of Jaeger Schnitzel is off
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Loosely translated, Jaeger Schnitzel means "Schnitzel as the Hunter." Somehow, the mighty hunter stalking and shooting the... wiley milk-fed calf in a box or even the swift-footed beef cow doesn't seem correct. In fact, every Jaeger Schnitzel I ever had in Germany consisted of a Pork Schnitzel or the original wild boar schnitzelRead more
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Anonymous 07-28-2007
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AMAZING!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very tastey! I didn't have pearl onions so I used what I had on hand - red onions. I used pork steak that I pounded thin... instead of veal. My kids loved this dinner. We served it with home made spetzel. Perfect German dish.Read more