The sauce accompanying scaloppine can come in many varieties according to regional gastronomic traditions. Popular variations include tomato-wine reduction; scaloppine al limone or piccata, which denotes a caper-and-lemon sauce;[3][4]scaloppine ai funghi, a mushroom-wine reduction; and carne pizzaiola, a pizza-style tomato sauce.[5]
Etymology
The term scaloppa derives from the French escalope. The untranslated term was used until the beginning of the twentieth century in the publications of various Italian gastronomes such as Giovanni Vialardi and Ada Boni.[6]
^Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (1997). Joy of Cooking. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 684. ISBN0-684-81870-1. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)