Veal Loin Chops With Double Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

some coarse black pepper on both sides
4 veal loin chops
1 tb butter
1 tb olive oil extra virgin
2 shallots
2 clove garlic
1/4 lb mushrooms imported
2 pencil -eraser-sized
1 package tomatoes italian style
1 oz sun tomatoes
1 tb basil
1/4 c wine quality dry wine
1/2 c reserved tomato juice from tomatoes
1 d tabasco
12 oz pasta preferably rotini

Instructions

minute or so. Add sliced mushrooms and saute for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and add sun-dried tomatoes, chopped tomatoes, anchovy paste, Tabasco, basil, red wine and 1/2 cup reserved tomato juice. Cook on medium heat UNCOVERED approximately 15 minutes. If sauce gets too thick, thin with remaining tomato juice, keeping in mind the fact that the pasta will thin sauce slightly. Taste and correct seasoning, adding more basil if desired along with salt and black pepper. Add veal chops to sauce mixture, along with any meat juices that have accumulated on plate, sinking chops as best as possible. Cook UNCOVERED about 10 minutes, and then flip chops. Cook another 5 minutes UNCOVERED and again remove chops to plate and cover with plastic wrap to keep warm. (Do not overcook the veal!) Add cooked pasta to sauce and heat on medium-low about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is warm. Taste and correct seasoning. Serve pasta on large platter with veal chops and sprinkle freshly grated imported Romano on top of pasta. Serves 4. Serve with Caesar Salad or Spinach Salad and garlic bread. Something lemony would be great for dessert, like Lemon Ice or Lemon Cheesecake. Recipe by Michelle Bass, derived from Grilled Veal Chops with Double Tomato Relish printed in Bon Appetit, June, 1991.