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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Make sauce: Heat the oil and 2 tablespoons of butter, and gently saute the onion, carrots, celery and bacon until they change color. | 2. Add the veal, let this brown, then pour in the wine. | 3. Cook for 5 minutes. | 4. Peel, seed, and finely chop the tomatoes. | 5. Add these to the pan, season with salt and pepper, cover and cook gently for 1 1/2 hours. | 6. While the sauce cooks: Soak the mushrooms in warm water and finely chop the giblets. | 7. When the mushrooms have been soaking for 30 minutes, drain, pat dry, and chop finely. | 8. Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil, at least 8 1/2 cups. | 9. Pour in the cornmeal, stirring constantly, lower the heat, and cook gently, stirring frequently, for 30 minutes, or until it is a thick, smooth mass. | 10. Pour it into a square baking pan, let it cool, and then cut into 1/4 inch thick slices. | 11. Set aside. | 12. Melt 3 tablespoons butter and saute the mushrooms and giblets gently for 5 minutes. | 13. Sprinkle lightly with salt. | 14. Rub a fairly large pie dish generously with butter. | 15. Cover with a layer of polenta, and spread with a layer of the meat sauce, another of polenta and one of mushrooms and giblets. | 16. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan and add a layer of sliced Parmesan. | 17. Dot with butter. | 18. Continue in this manner until all the ingredients are used up, finishing with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan and slivers of butter. | 19. Bake at 475 degrees 30 minutes, or until heated through and serve very hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
carrot	2		chopped	104.96	24.5248	2.3808	0.6144
celery	1	stalk	chopped	10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
bacon	1/2	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
veal	1	cup	chopped raw	-	-	-	-
white wine	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
tomato	1	lb	ripe canned	104.3264	23.1332	5.4431	0.9072
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
mushroom	1 1/2	1/2	dried	-	-	-	-
chicken giblet	1/4			241.4005	0.1473	20.774	16.8074
cornmeal	3	cups		1324.92	281.4174	29.7192	13.1394
parmesan cheese	5	ounces	grated sliced	524.4656	56.699	56.699	7.0874

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