Baked Veal Schnitzel

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 6 | Cook: 15min
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Baked veal schnitzels with eggplant and mozzarella: veal, vegetables, and cheese provide the body with plenty of vitamin B2, B6, and zinc.

Ingredients

  • 300 g Eggplant (1 Eggplant)
  • Salt
  • 175 g buffalo mozzarella
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • 900 g veal schnitzels (6 veal schnitzels)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Pepper
  • 2 stems basil

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Clean, wash, and dry the eggplant; slice into rounds and lightly salt them.

  2. 2.

    Drain the mozzarella and cut it into slices.

  3. 3.

    Wash the tomatoes, trim off the stem ends in a wedge shape, and slice them.

  4. 4.

    Cover the schnitzels with cling film and gently flatten them with a meat mallet (flatten).

  5. 5.

    Heat 1½ tbsp olive oil in a pan. Pat the eggplant slices dry with paper towels and fry each side for 2 minutes in hot oil. Season with pepper.

  6. 6.

    Add the remaining oil to the pan. Season the meat with salt and pepper, then sear each side for 30 seconds in the hot oil.

  7. 7.

    Place the schnitzels in a baking dish. Arrange the eggplant slices on top.

  8. 8.

    Lay the tomato slices over the eggplant and season with salt and pepper.

  9. 9.

    Wash and dry the basil; pick off the leaves and scatter them over the tomato slices.

  10. 10.

    Top each schnitzel with mozzarella slices. Bake the veal schnitzels in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan, gas: level 3) on the middle rack for 8 minutes. Serve with roasted potatoes or fried quinoa.