The weather, the week and the return home of my husband called for a nice meal and a warm atmosphere.
2 pounds of veal, cut up into small pieces, an onion two carrots, three celery sticks and garlic, all diced-- and some bay leaves.
Flour and brown the meat in olive oil. Remove. Brown about 100 g. of pancetta. Add the veggies, and let them sautee until the onions are transparent. Add a half a bottle of a decent red wine (I used Barbera). After the alcohol evaporates, add a 14 oz. can of best quality tomato pulp. Add a couple of whole cloves. Put the meat back in the pot. Salt and pepper to taste.
Let it all simmer together for two hours. If the sauce gets too thick, add a little red wine. If, at the end, the flavor is too acidic and the sauce is too thin, you can mix a bit of melted butter with flour, and add to that a teaspoon of honey. Add this to the sauce and let it cook together. Make some polenta.
Light candles and fireplace, if there is one.
Put on some nice music. Set the table.
Serve the veal stew with a nice red wine -- I served a wooded Barbera.
12 comments:
We're expecting our first snow this afternoon and I'm thinking the same as you. Tonight will either be lamb stew or Osso Buco with polenta. I'm in a polenta mood.
Oh yum! What a lovely way to end the week...we have some cinghiale ragù simmering now :)
All of your images evoke such warm feelings. Hope your dinner was fine. I'm drooling.
A recipe for a perfect evening.
Yummy! We're hunkering down for another snowstorm tonight, so I'm making gnocchi (a Torino native wrote a great article on how to make authentic gnocchi (so much of the US stuff available is so dense and chewy), and we're making a sausage and leek ragu to serve over top.
That, some Mad Men season 2 and some martinis--it'll be a fun night!
I guess because it's Saturday you can drink the wine without feeling guilty! Right?! Have a great weekend. amanda
Sounds cozy and tasty! Enjoy!
With a meal like that, and such a romantic atmosphere, I am SURE you had a lovely evening!
That looks so inviting and cozy on a cold wet winter night.
Ciao Diana,
Have enjoyed reading your blog over the last few months. Helps keep me connected to one of my favorite regions of Italy. Keep up the good work.
Dave R.
Diana - we made this for dinner on Friday night and it was amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Diana- I thought that I left a comment but I can't find it. Apparently I have become quite confused.
Anyway.
We had this for dinner on Friday - it was brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
I posted about it on my blog today.
J
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