Saltimbocca alla Romana (with sage)

Big shout out to Molto Italiano for this one. (and to my gf's mom for getting me the Mario Batali cookbook for Christmas!)

How to explain this. The English translation of this is roman-style veal cutlets with sage. I guess the best way to describe this is like an Italian version of my beloved (to eat, not to cook) Austrian veal schnitzel. It's basically a pared down version, minus all the bread-y breading, sauce-y sauces and overall heaviness. That aside, how could you not love anything wrapped in prosciutto and fried in butter?

Here's what you need:

Veal cutlets, lets say about a compact disc sized cutlet per person
Fresh sage leaves (one for every veal cutlet)
Prosciutto Di Parma (again one slice per cutlet, and yes it does make a difference that its Di Parma, or at the very least Italian, domestic North American stuff really doesn't compare)
A pile of flour
S+P (the uush)
A stick of butter about the size of an iPod nano (gotta keep it current, for the kids)
Dry white wine (sauv blank, shar-doe-nay, or if you're going to be drinking it as well, peeno greeg)
Le Wedge du Limon

Here's what you do:

1) Pound your veal a bit to get it nice and thin, if you don't have a meat tenderizer (I don't) you can just as easily pull a Rocky Balboa and just give it a few hammers with your fist.
2)Wrap each piece of veal with a slice of prosciutto, put a sage leaf on top and stick a toothpick through it to keep it altogether.
3) Spice up the flour (which you have piled on a dish) with some S+P. Drag the veal through the flour a few times to get it thoroughly coated
4) Heat up a skillet and toss half your butter in, wait till it's bubbling then put your veal in the pan, cooking each side for about 2 minutes
5) Take the veal cutlets out for a minute, keep the pan on and add about a two second pour worth of white vino. Add the rest of your butter and stir it all up until everything is melted and good.
6) Drop the veal that you set aside in the sauce just for a minute max, just to heat it up and get it coated with sauce, not too long now. Take them out and serve right away with a lemon slice per plate

I just had this for dinner, with the bone marrow as an app. Mario B's got his signature all over this dinner.

I think by now we've realized that I wouldn't post a recipe that I didn't think was good, so I will spare you the sales pitch on how much you're going to enjoy your meal in about 5 seconds. Pour yourself a nice glass of wine and enjoy life. Because life is good.