Posted on by Julz

Easter dinner

I skipped making a ham dinner and decided to go with Pork Saltimbocca with a Pan Sauce. I also made one of my spätzle recipes from our website, Spätzle with Asparagus, Lemon & Frizzled Prosciutto, finishing with Limoncello Tiramisu for dessert. 

I like to use similar ingredients when planning a meal. I needed prosciutto for the saltimbocca, making sense using the last couple of slices for the spätzle. 

I had extra lemons leftover from the tiramisu, so I used those in the spätzle dish as well. 

I always serve asparagus for Easter, and that is exactly how that spätzle recipe wrote itself a few Easters ago. It’s a favorite recipe of our customers, and many are making it today too! 

Saltimbocca means “to jump in the mouth” and is a dish originating in Rome. Thinly pounded pork, chicken, or veal is topped with prosciutto and sage leaves and served with a simple pan sauce. 

I pounded boneless pork chops until thin. Topped with sage leaves and prosciutto then pounded them into the pork. Floured and browned in olive oil in a large sauté pan. I deglazed the pan with white wine and added garlic cloves, butter, chicken stock and the sautéed pork topped with provolone. I finished it in a 400 degree oven for 8 minutes.

I like to add a slice of provolone to my saltimbocca even though Romans would shake their heads at my addition. Tough shit guys, I like mine with cheese. LOL. 

I saw a recipe pop up last week for lemon tiramisu. I decided to one-up my version and use some homemade limoncello instead of lemonade to soak the ladyfingers in. 

  • Lemon curd
  • Dry fit with ladyfingers
  • Soaking

I was intimidated by the lemon curd that is folded into mascarpone cheese.  I never made lemon curd before, but it turned out to be easy. Much easier than making a custard or hollandaise sauce using a double boiler. 

Tiramisu isn’t a baked dessert; it’s assembled. I love traditional tiramisu and lemons so I was excited to make and taste this recipe. It was very lemony, and the limoncello-soaked ladyfingers were like doing a shot Noah said. I guess next time I may dilute the limoncello.

We had a really nice low-key Easter Dinner with Noah. It always makes my day when one of my boys says, “That was really good, mom.” ☺️ That’s another holiday in the books…Happy Easter!