Sicilian Stick To Your Ribs Meal Meatloaf Brasciole Roll Ups Pasta Broccolini And Ricotta Recipes

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• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil a heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent, 10 minutes. Stir in garlic and parsley, and continue cooking until onions begin to brown. Remove from heat, and allow to cool.
• In a medium bowl, combine bread crumbs, Romano cheese, raisins, pine nuts and pepper.
• Pound steak to 1/2 inch with a moistened mallet or the side of a cleaver. Spread onion mixture evenly over meat, leaving a 1 inch border around the edges. Spread bread crumb mixture in an even layer, and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Roll up from the narrow end, and tie tightly with kitchen twine.
• Heat remaining olive oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown roll on all sides, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Pour in spaghetti sauce, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, for 2 hours, until tender.

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• Heat oil in a small stockpot on medium heat. Add onion and saute until brown. Remove the onion from oil and add tomatoes, basil and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil over medium heat for 10 minutes and then simmer over low heat until reduced. The oil should separate from tomatoes and float to the top (about 45 to 60 minutes). Add salt but only when the sauce is almost done.
• In a bowl, mix sausage, garlic, parsley, and pepper until well blended. Set aside. Cut beef into thin slices and flatten with mallet until very thin, and meat slice is about as big as your hand. Place a tablespoon of sausage mixture in the middle and roll up the beef. Secure with a toothpick. Heat pan with olive oil and saute brasciole until well browned. Transfer to tomato sauce and reduce to a simmer. Continue to cook tomato sauce with brasciole until sauce is done, when oil separates from the tomato sauce and floats to the top.
• Place flour in a mound onto a work surface, and make a well or hollow in the center. Crack eggs into the well, and whisk them slightly. With hands or fork, gradually draw some of the flour into the eggs until the eggs are no longer runny. Gently draw the sides of the mound into the egg mixture, and when eggs are soaked up by the flour, begin working the mixture into a dough. Knead the dough using the heel of your palm for about 8 to 10 minutes. Use water as needed until a smooth, integrated mixture is achieved. Let dough rest for at least 20 minutes. Using a pasta machine or wooden dowel, roll out dough and make into desired shape. Gently drop into a large pot of boiling water, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Serve Brasciole over fettuccine.

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• In a medium-sized enamel cast-iron casserole, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat, then brown the veal on all sides, about 6 minutes. Add the onions, stir, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook until soft, about another 5 minutes. Add the garlic and wine and season with salt and pepper. Stir, then add the vinegar, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves. Stir again and add the tomatoes. Cover, reduce the heat to low and cook until the veal is very tender, about 2 1/2 hours. The sauce should be thick; reduce it if it is not. Remove and discard the bay leaves, cinnamon stick and cloves (if you can find them). Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil, salt abundantly and add the pasta. Drain when soft and pour into a deep serving bowl or platter. Pour the melted butter over the pasta, sprinkle the cheese over and toss to evenly coat. Ladle the veal sauce over the pasta and serve.

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• In a large skillet heat the butter over medium-high heat until melted. Add all but 1/4 cup of the onions, the celery and all but 2 tablespoons of the bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and beginning to caramelize around the edges, about 6 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of the garlic, the thyme, rosemary, and parsley and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• When the vegetable mixture is cooled, transfer to a mixing bowl and add the eggs, mustard, 1/4 cup of the ketchup, 1 teaspoon of the Worcestershire sauce, and heavy cream and mix until thoroughly combined. Add the breadcrumbs, ground chuck, pork sausage, ground veal, 1 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper and mix until just combined. Do not overmix. Transfer meat mixture to a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan and using your hands, form mixture into a loaf shape. Arrange the slices of bacon on the top of the meatloaf and set aside.
• In a small saucepan combine the remaining 1/4 cup of chopped onion, remaining 2 tablespoons of green pepper, remaining teaspoon of garlic, remaining 1/2 cup of ketchup, remaining 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt, remaining 2 teaspoons of pepper, vinegar, and canned tomatoes and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the sauce over the uncooked meatloaf and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the bacon and sauce are slightly caramelized on the top of the meatloaf. Remove from the oven and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Slice and serve along with the Macaroni with 4 Cheeses.

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• For the sauce: Saute peppercorns, onions, garlic, and chile in olive oil over medium heat for a few minutes. Add vinegar and Worcestershire and reduce by 1/2. Add molasses, tomato paste and beef stock. Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes to reduce by 1/3. Let cool and store until needed.
• Season each chop with salt and pepper and grill or broil, until desired doneness. Meanwhile, heat the butter in a saute pan until it starts to brown. Turn down heat to a simmer and add spatzle and spinach. Cook for a few minutes until the spatzle is warm. Serve with green peppercorn sauce.

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• In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, eggs, tomato juice, parsley, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over the mixture and mix well. , On a pieces of heavy-duty foil, pat meat mixture into a 12x10-in. rectangle. Place the ham and shredded cheese on loaf to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up, jelly-roll style, beginning with the short end and peeling foil away while rolling. , Place on a greased baking pan with seam side down; seal ends. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reaches 160°. Top with sliced cheese; bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

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• Flatten steak to 1/2-in. thickness. Rub with 1 tablespoon oil. Combine the bread crumbs, parsley, cheese, garlic, oregano, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Spoon over beef to within 1 in. of edges; press down. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; tie with kitchen string. , In a Dutch oven, brown meat in remaining oil on all sides. Add onion and cook until tender. Stir in the tomato sauce, water, Italian seasoning, sugar and remaining salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 70-80 minutes or until meat is tender. , Remove meat from sauce and discard string. Cut into thin slices; serve with sauce and If desired, spaghetti and additional grated Parmesan cheese and minced fresh parsley.