Veal Rolls Stuffed with Spinach and Gruyère

Name: Veal Rolls Stuffed with Spinach and Gruyère
Total time: 34 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon anchovy paste; 1 stick unsalted butter; 6 pieces veal cutlets; 3 ounces Gruyère; 2 ounces baby spinach leaves; ⅓ cup dry white wine; 3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley

Elegant veal cutlets pounded thin and rolled with a savory filling of anchovy butter, Gruyère cheese, and fresh spinach. These sophisticated rolls are pan-seared and finished in the oven, then served with a white wine pan sauce.

4 servings

34 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Ingredients

•1 tablespoon anchovy paste
•1 stick unsalted butter
•6 pieces veal cutlets
•3 ounces Gruyère
•2 ounces baby spinach leaves
•⅓ cup dry white wine
•3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley

Cooking Instructions

1.
Mash anchovy paste into 4 tablespoons butter in a bowl until combined. Gently pound cutlets to slightly less than 1/8 inch thick between 2 sheets of plastic wrap with flat side of a meat pounder or with a rolling pin. Pat cutlets dry and season lightly with salt and pepper, then spread 1 1/2 teaspoons anchovy butter over top of each cutlet. (You will have a little butter left over.) Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over anchovy butter, leaving a 1/4-inch border, then arrange spinach leaves, overlapping in 1 layer, to cover cutlets. Working with 1 cutlet at a time, arrange with a short side nearest you and roll up tightly, then secure with a wooden pick.
15 min
2.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
5 min
3.
Pat rolls dry. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch ovenproof heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté veal, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides, about 4 minutes total. Transfer skillet to oven and bake veal until just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer veal with tongs to a platter (reserve skillet) and keep warm, covered.
9 min
4.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then add wine and deglaze skillet by boiling (on stovetop) over high heat, scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, then add any juices accumulated on platter and swirl in remaining 2 tablespoons butter (not remaining anchovy butter). Cook over low heat until incorporated. Stir in parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
5 min

Veal Rolls Stuffed with Spinach and Gruyère

4 servings

34 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Cooking Instructions

Mash anchovy paste into 4 tablespoons butter in a bowl until combined. Gently pound cutlets to slightly less than 1/8 inch thick between 2 sheets of plastic wrap with flat side of a meat pounder or with a rolling pin. Pat cutlets dry and season lightly with salt and pepper, then spread 1 1/2 teaspoons anchovy butter over top of each cutlet. (You will have a little butter left over.) Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over anchovy butter, leaving a 1/4-inch border, then arrange spinach leaves, overlapping in 1 layer, to cover cutlets. Working with 1 cutlet at a time, arrange with a short side nearest you and roll up tightly, then secure with a wooden pick.

15 min

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.

5 min

Pat rolls dry. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch ovenproof heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté veal, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides, about 4 minutes total. Transfer skillet to oven and bake veal until just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer veal with tongs to a platter (reserve skillet) and keep warm, covered.

9 min

Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then add wine and deglaze skillet by boiling (on stovetop) over high heat, scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, then add any juices accumulated on platter and swirl in remaining 2 tablespoons butter (not remaining anchovy butter). Cook over low heat until incorporated. Stir in parsley and salt and pepper to taste.

5 min