Veal with pine nuts and raisins

Veal with pine nuts and raisins

Main dishes

A Spanish stew: veal seared and then cooked with cognac, topped with a sauce made from fried apples and onions, and finished with pine nuts and grapes.

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This recipe is perfect for 8 people and requires approximately 90 minutes of preparation and cooking time. It is classified as easy.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$16.23 $2.03 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

8 people
  • $2.31
  • $2.07
  • $7.36
  • $3.25
  • $1.18
  • $0.06

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Chop the onions and apples into pieces and sauté them for about 10 minutes.
  2. Drain them and mix them together to make the sauce. ≈ 4 min
  3. Sear the meat in the oil for about five minutes.
  4. Add the cognac and the half-litre of water, season with salt, and simmer for half an hour over low heat.
  5. Add the apple and onion sauce, and cook for twenty minutes.
  6. Finish with the pine nuts and grapes. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Veal with pine nuts and raisins

  • 1 kg of apples$2.31
  • 1 kilogram of onions$2.07
  • One glass of cognac$7.36
  • 1/2 cup of pine nuts$3.25
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil$1.18
  • salt$0.06

Total$16.23

that's $2.03 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of beef, cut into pieces
  • 1 kg of apples
  • 1 kilogram of onions
  • One glass of cognac
  • A quarter of a glass of grape juice
  • 1/2 cup of pine nuts
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • 1/2 liter of water
  • salt

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