Arrange the Mortadella over the combined meats |
Cover the Mortadella with Spinach |
Add Provolone Cheese |
Add Hardboiled Egg |
Roll into a log and seal ends and seam |
Top with bread crumbs and Bake |
Slice and serve with mashed potatoes |
We saw a recipe in the New York Times for Polpettone with Spinach and Provolone and we had to make it.
We were proud of our end result. The log held together and there was a treat
inside when you sliced the Polpettone. It reheated well, and I made sandwiches
over the next few days.
We served mashed potatoes with it. We used the recipe for Garlic Mashed Potato recipe in TheBalthazar Cookbook by McNally, Nasr,
Hanson. This is a fantastic recipe - it is super-rich! You can find the recipe
on our blog of: November
12, 2012. Click the date to get the recipe.
By
the way, we learned a super trick from ChiSpacca about reheating mashed
potatoes. Put them in a pan on the top of the stove. Add a lot of cream and
stir constantly until hot. The mashed potatoes will reconstitute to perfection.
I never knew reheated mashed potatoes could be as good (or better) than fresh
mashed potatoes. They are!
Polpettone with Spinach and Provolone
New York Times
INGREDIENTS
1 cup cubed day-old bread, crusts removed
1 cup heavy cream
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
1 pound ground veal or turkey
1 tablespoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
Pinch of cayenne
¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped thyme
2 teaspoons chopped sage
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
3 ounces grated Parmesan, about 1/2 cup
2 eggs, lightly beaten, plus 3 (8-minute) hard-boiled eggs,
peeled, for filling
¼ pound thinly sliced mortadella or prosciutto
1 pound spinach, briefly blanched, roughly chopped and
squeezed dry
3 ounces provolone or caciocavallo, sliced 1/8-inch thick
1 cup fine dry bread crumbs, preferably homemade
PREPARATION
1.
Put bread cubes in a small bowl, cover with
cream and set aside to soak until softened, about 10 minutes.
2.
Put beef, pork and veal in a mixing bowl. Season
with salt, pepper, cayenne, nutmeg, rosemary, thyme, sage and parsley. Add
Parmesan and, using hands, knead seasoning into meat. Combine soaked bread (and
any remaining cream) with beaten eggs, then pour mixture over seasoned meat and
knead until well combined.
3.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-by-18-inch
baking sheet with parchment or foil. Press ground meat mixture evenly over
parchment to make a flat rectangle slightly smaller than the baking sheet. Top
with slices of mortadella. Scatter cooked spinach evenly over mortadella. Break
provolone slices into rough pieces and distribute over surface. Finish with
hard-cooked egg chopped into chunks.
4.
Using parchment to help, roll the meat into a
long cylinder with filling on the inside. With the long side facing you, first
lift parchment and use it to roll meat to the center, pressing down to keep it
in place. Then lift parchment on the opposite long side, bringing meat just
past the center to overlap itself slightly. Pinch the “seam” of the meat
together to keep filling in place. Sprinkle with half the dry crumbs. You will
now have a cylinder approximately 15 inches long. Twist ends of parchment to
firm the mixture, then transfer to a deep-sided baking dish or roasting pan,
and place it seam-side down. Carefully remove and discard parchment. With
hands, press firmly to form cylinder into a long loaf with rounded ends. Dust
top and sides with remaining bread crumbs. (The polpettone may be prepared to
this point several hours, or up to 24 hours, in advance; keep refrigerated and
bring to room temperature before baking.)
5. Bake
for 40 to 45 minutes, until internal temperature is 140 degrees. Let rest for
10 minutes and cut into 1-inch-thick slices and serve. (Alternatively, cool to
room temperature and refrigerate for up to 3 days. If serving cold, cut thinner
slices.)
1 comment:
While the recipe looks good, the picture of the finished product make it look rather disappointing. The meatloaf looks very undercooked and the mashed potatoes look bland. I believe the picture doesn't do the dish justice.
Post a Comment