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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For meat filling, heat a large frying pan to medium-high heat. Add beef and pork and cook 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat off and return to pan. Add fennel seed, peppers, onion and garlic. Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes more. Add 1/2 tsp salt, black pepper, and tomatoes. | 2. Remove skillet from heat and stir in 2 Tbsp polenta. | 3. For Polenta, bring 4 cups of water and 1 1/2 tsp salt to a boil in medium saucepan. Add polenta in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and cook, still stirring, 3 minutes until polenta is medium-soft. Remove from heat and stir in 1/3 cup grated Parmesan. | 4. Heat oven to 350°F Grease a 2 quart casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Add meat filling to bottom of dish. Top with polenta and sprinkle remaining Parmesan over the top. | 5. At this stage the pie can be frozen (but bring to room temp first). Wrap well and put in freezer. When ready to cook, thaw in fridge overnight, then bake in preheated 350°F oven 25 minutes, and put under broiler 1 to 2 minutes to give a nice crisp crust. | 6. If serving that evening, bake in preheated oven 25 minutes, and broil under preheated broiler 1 to 2 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1/2	lb	ground	449.05699999999996	0.0	44.0439	28.8712
pork	1/2	lb	ground	852.768	0.0	31.5479	79.5388
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
cayenne pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
red pepper	1		seeded cored diced	-	-	-	-
green pepper	1		seeded cored diced	32.8	7.6096	1.4104	0.2788
onion	1		diced	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
italian seasoning	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/8	teaspoon		0.7216	0.1839	0.0299	0.0094
tomato	1	can	chopped drained	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
polenta	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
polenta	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated divided	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.