Quest for Marsala Wine

I had a slice of chicken marsala pizza the other day, and ever since, I have had a craving for veal marsala. I decided to make it for a lovely Friday night dinner instead of going out to eat.

For that, I needed to purchase a bottle of marsala wine. Normally, I would drive over to the Stew Leonard’s Wines in Farmingdale; I figured it would be better to try out one of the local liquor stores.

And so, the quest for marsala wine begins!

I remembered seeing a liquor store near Village Farms, so I decided to try out Park Liquors on Park Blvd in Massapequa Park. There is a parking lot in the back (commuter and customer parking) and they have wines from various regions. I was able to find a bottle of marsala. Success!

I will share my recipe for veal scaloppine with marsala and mushrooms which I originally posted on my other blog, The Cooking Accountant. This recipe is adapted from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. I use mushrooms and a little more butter. Buon appetito!


Veal Scaloppine with Marsala and Mushrooms





Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 pound veal scaloppine, thin-sliced
- Flour, spread on a plate
- Salt
- Pepper
- ½ cup Marsala wine
- 8 oz cleaned and sliced white mushrooms
- 2 Tbsp butter


Preparation
Heat your skillet and when hot, add the olive oil and 1 Tbsp butter.

Once the butter starts to foam, dredge both sides of each veal scallop in the flour, shaking off the excess, and place in the skillet. Dredge right before putting them in the pan; any earlier and the flour will become soggy.

Allow them to cook on one side and then flip to cook on the other side. Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.

When the veal scallops are browned on both sides, remove them from the pan and place onto a plate. Leave the stove on.

Add the marsala wine and the mushrooms and turn the heat up. Scrape the brown residues from the skillet using a wooden spoon.

Add the 2 Tbsp butter.

Once the wine has reduced and the mushrooms have cooked, return the veal scallops to the skillet to heat them and coat both sides with the sauce.
Remove the veal scallops from the pan and place on your serving plate.

Serve with spaghetti (I like to put my drained spaghetti into the saucepan to mop up the remaining sauce before adding it to the plate).

Schools in the Massapequas

Usually when looking to purchase a house or property on Long Island, you will want to know what school district it is in since you will be paying school taxes in addition to property taxes. If you have just started looking in the Massapequa area or are new to the neighborhood, you are probably wondering what schools are in the area.

The Massapequas are served by 4 school districts:

 

• Massapequa School District # 23
  • Massapequa High School (Grades 10-12)
  • Massapequa High School, Ames Campus (Grade 9)
  • Alfred G. Berner Middle School (Grades 7-8)
  • Elementary Schools (Grades K-6)
    • Birch Lane (Massapequa Park)
    • East Lake (Massapequa Park)
    • Fairfield (Massapequa)
    • Raymond J. Lockhart (Massapequa)
    • John P. Mckenna (Massapequa Park)
    • Unqua (Massapequa)

 

• Farmingdale School District # 22
  • Farmingdale Senior High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Weldon E. Howitt Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)
    • Albany Avenue (North Massapequa)
    • Northside (Farmingdale)
    • Saltzman East Memorial (Farmingdale)
    • Woodward Parkway (Farmingdale)

 

• Plainedge School District # 18
  • Plainedge High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Plainedge Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)
    • Eastplain (North Massapequa)
    • John H. West (Bethpage)
    • Charles E. Schwarting (Massapequa)

 

• Amityville School District # 6
  • Amityville Memorial High School (Grades 10-12)
  • Edmund W. Miles Middle School (Grades 7-9)
  • Elementary Schools
    • Park Avenue Memorial (Amityville) (Grades 3-6)
    • Northwest (Amityville) (Grades 1-2)
    • Northeast (Amityville) (Grades Pre K-K)

 

There are quite a few resources to help you figure out and learn more about the school districts. These include:

To identify the school district

• MLS listings
• Nassau County’s Land Records Viewer

For general information and test scores

• Newsday
• New York State Department of Education New York State Report Cards
• New York Schools
• Long Island Schools

Welcome to my Blog!

Even though I have lived in the Massapequa area for a little over a year, I still feel like a newcomer. I was working insane hours in corporate accounting and only saw my neighborhood on weekends. Walking from the house to the car and driving to the train station before anyone is awake and returning home when everyone is ready for bed does not count as seeing the neighborhood.

Now that I have more time on my hands, I want to see more. I want to walk around the neighborhood and in the Massapequa Preserve for exercise. I want to drive to stores that are not a walking distance from the train station. I want to stop shopping in my old neighborhood and try out some of the local stores. I want to experience and enjoy what my taxes are funding.

We live in an area less than an hour’s train ride to New York City and minutes away from Jones Beach but we also have our own local gems. Join me this summer as I discover them.