SALTIMBOCCA ALLA ROMANA
Ingredients:
8 thin sliced cutlets, veal, pork or chicken
8 slices of prosciutto
8 large sage leaves
1/2 cup flour, for drenching
5 oz white wine
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Begin by assembling one slice of prosciutto over each cutlet.
Place one sage leaf over the prosciutto, and hold in place with a toothpick.
Lightly flour each cutlet but only on the meat side.
Repeat with all.
Place the olive oil and butter in a large sauté pan. When the butter has melted, add the cutlets, prosciutto side down.
Cook on medium heat for a couple of minutes.
Turn cutlets, add salt and pepper to taste and cook until golden.
Add the wine and cover.
Turn heat to low and slowly cook the meat for 5 minutes longer.
Serve saltimbocca hot with the pan juices drizzled over them.
Serves 4 to 6