Slow-cooked Family Stew With Polenta

Ingredients

Ingredients For the stew
  • 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil

  • 4 celery stalks, very finely diced

  • 1 large onion, finely chopped

  • 2 large carrots, very finely diced

  • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped

  • 2.25kg/5lb mixed meat such as pork, lamb, rabbit or wild boar, chopped into small pieces

  • 200ml/7fl oz red wine

  • 1 tbsp juniper berries

  • 1 tsp whole black peppercorns

  • 4 sage leaves

  • 1 tbsp rosemary needles

  • 2 bay leaves

  • 1.5kg/3lb 5oz chopped tomatoes, or chunky passata

  • 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

  • 2 tbsp tomato purée

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the polenta
  • 4 tsp salt

  • 600g/1lb 5oz quick-cook polenta

  • 250g/9oz fontina cheese (or taleggio), freshly grated

  • 100g/3½oz parmesan, freshly grated

  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter

Description

The Polenta Is Spread Onto A Large Board With A Mound Of Stew In The Middle. People Sit Around The Table, Armed With Forks, And Tuck In – It’s A...

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