Veal production might have decreased over the past twenty years but the United States still produces more than a hundred and fifty million pounds of this ingredient every year. There are three different kinds and these are special-fed, bob and grain-fed veal.
Special-fed calves get a milk supplement, which is nutritionally complete. They are given this until they reach approximately twenty weeks of age and weight around four hundred and fifty to five hundred pounds. Their meat is pink with a fine, firm texture. About eighty-five percent of the veal eaten in the United States comes from special-fed calves and, as you would expect, this is considered a premium product.
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Bob calves are sold from the dairy farm to a meat processor. They are sold at about three weeks of age and they weigh less than a hundred and fifty pounds. This meat is light grayish pink and quite soft. It is used to make patties and sausages and less than ten percent of veal sold in the country is this type.
Grain-fed calves are first fed milk and then a diet of nutritional formulas, hay, and grain. The meat is quite dark and has visible fat and marbled muscles. These calves are marketed between five and six months of age and they weigh around five hundred pounds. This meat is produced in southern states as well as other areas and sometimes it is called "baby beef."
The Different Meat Cuts
Baby beef can be ordered as a foresaddle, forequarter, hindsaddle, or hindquarter. Alternatively, you can get a complete carcass. A lot of food service operators prefer to order smaller cuts.
There are primal cuts, which is when the carcasses and sides are divided into four cuts - the leg, shoulder or chuck, rib or rack, and loin. Subprimal cuts are smaller cuts and these are cut from the primal pieces. These can be boneless or part-boneless and usually have the fat cut off. Portion control cuts are made from these cuts and they are sized correctly for individual servings.
How to Serve Veal
Since this ingredient is basically baby beef, it is nice served with potatoes, fries or rice and some kind of vegetable side dish. You can make various sauces for veal and you might even like to try some marinated steak recipes.
As you would expect, veal has a lighter flavor than beef, since it is younger, so opt for a white wine-based or citrus marinade rather than something too heavy, like a red wine ribeye steak marinade recipe, or something too spicy which would overpower the delicate meat flavor.
Veal is naturally quite tender so a marinade would just be to give it more flavor, rather than breaking down tough fibers - something more suited to skirt steak or tough braising steak. If you are looking for new meal ideas, consider this meat. It certainly makes a change from the beef recipes and marinated steak recipes you might be used to making.
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