sage

Saltimbocca alla Romana are a typical dish of traditional Roman cuisine. A very popular recipe throughout Italy, thanks to its simplicity and excellent flavor it has become a meat appetizer, beautiful to present at the table and also much appreciated by children. Saltimbocca are small rolls or scraps of meat, so called because of their small size and because they can be grabbed with the hands and eaten in one bite. In the ‘Roman style’ version these are small scraps of veal (no one knows why we see television programs that replace it with pork….) cut into thin slices (as is customary in Rome) and a slice of sage, and a slice of raw ham. These are the main ingredients of this simple dish, which is and must remain simple (there is no melted fontina! not to be confused with Bolognese cutlet).