We suggest the braised in Barolo wine for Christmas dinner if you wish to serve asuper main dish of meat. For a good result is essential excellent meat, and so take some advice from your butcher, but unfortunately the names of the cuts are highly dependent on the place and I can not recommend a nice piece of "perf ', in almost all of Italy no one knows what it is. It goes without saying that the wine will be excellent,please do not use opened bottle of wine for a long time or never use the table, no need to strictly Barolo, you can get excellent results with a more full-bodied red wine and nottoo young.
Ingredients for the braised in Barolo (serves 6 / 8 people)
# a piece of meat suitable for pot roast (ask your butcher) of about 1 kg.
# 3 / 4 l. Barolo or another type of red wine with good body and not too young
# 1 glass of Cognac
# 4 stalks celery
# 2 large carrots
# 2 large onions
# 2 cloves garlic
# mixed spices (cloves, a few juniper berries, some black peppercorns, 1 cinnamon stick)
# mixed herbs (two bay leaves, a sprig of rosemary, a sprig of sage, some sprigs offresh thyme, all tied together with white thread)
# butter q.b.
# rooms q.b.
# extra virgin olive oil
Preparation
First you need to put the meat to marinate for at least 12 hours, but maybe a bit 'more.
Put the meat in a bowl, add the vegetables cleaned, washed and chopped, spices, thebunch of herbs and a little bit of salt (preferably coarse). Pour over the wine. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator or a cool place.
When cooked pot roast, drain the meat from the marinade and set aside, recoveredthe vegetables and chop coarsely RATELE. Sauté the vegetables with a little 'oil andbutter.
Then put the meat in the pan and cook over high heat also. Pour over the cognac andinfiammatelo, taking great care (eg no synthetic clothes, or fluttering). Pass through a sieve and pour the marinade over the meat, and cook a couple of hours, covered over very low heat.
Retrieve the vegetables from the sauce, frullatele and put everything into the pot, add salt and continue cooking for another half an hour. The precise time depends on thetype of meat and the size of the piece, before turning off the controlled cooking levelreached.
Serve the sliced roast, covered by its thick sauce, and of course all very hot.
The braised in Barolo wine is served with mashed potatoes or polenta, potatoes orsimply boiled, or if you love fusion cuisine, try it with quinoa or simply boiled couscouswith the natural, or if you really want to dare ocn of fettucine 'egg seasoned with a little butter.
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