Polpettone with Spinach

Main Dishes | Italian cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 20 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Polpettone with Spinach

Ingredients

Spices - to taste
Lean Beef - 17.6 oz
Pork Mince - 10.6 oz
White bread - 3.5 oz
Grated Pecorino Pepato Cheese - 3.5 oz
Chicken Egg - 1 piece
Fresh basil leaves - 8.8 oz
Onion - 1.8 oz
Carrot - 1.8 oz
Garlic - 1 clove
Olive Oil - 3 tablespoons
Parsley - ½ bunch

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Crush the garlic slightly with a knife and sauté it in oil. Remove the garlic and sauté the finely chopped onion and carrot in the oil. Add the chopped spinach to the pan, season with salt, and, lowering the heat to minimum, simmer covered for 5 minutes.

Step 2

Blend the bread into crumbs using a blender. Season the meat with salt and pepper, add the parmesan, bread crumbs, egg, and your favorite spices, and mix well.

Step 3

Place the meat mixture on parchment paper and shape it into a rectangle with your hands. Measure the length of the rectangle with a loaf pan. If you don't have one, the thickness of the meat should be about 1 cm. Spread the cooked spinach over the meat. If it has too much liquid, sprinkle with bread crumbs.

Step 4

Roll the polpettone by twisting the parchment paper like a candy wrapper and refrigerate it for half an hour. Let it rest.

Step 5

Chop the parsley finely with a knife, transfer the 'candy' to a loaf pan (or simply onto a baking sheet), and sprinkle the top with parsley. Cover the top with paper again. Bake in the oven for 30–40 minutes at 356°F.