
Prato Tegamaccio
Tegamaccio Pratese
Tegamaccio Pratese is a Tuscan preparation of mixed pork meats, browned and slowly cooked in a reduced sauce.
Tegamaccio Pratese is a Tuscan dish with a strong character, made with the leftovers of freshly slaughtered pigs and cooked slowly to concentrate their flavours and textures. It's a hearty dish, suitable for lunch or dinner, where the cuisine highlights every part of the animal through a simple and precise technique. The cheek, liver, lungs, intestines, and... sweetbreads and the tongue offer different consistencies, while the aromatic chopped onion, carrot and celery, together with garlic and rosemary, defines the profile of the base. tomato paste It adds color and helps form a thick sauce. The initial browning develops deep aromas and tones; the subsequent gentle cooking makes the sauce more concentrated and enveloping, resulting in a compact and fragrant dish.
Instructions
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Prepare the aromatic mixture
Finely chop the onion, carrot, and celery. Mash them both. cloves of garlic and prepare the rosemary, so that the herbs can evenly flavor the meat during browning. The chopped mixture should be uniform and fine enough to distribute throughout the shallow pan without forming separate pieces.
Cut the meats
Cut the cheek, liver, lung, intestines, and the sweetbreads and the tongue. Keep the dimensions as regular as possible, so that cooking proceeds evenly and each bite can collect the sauce. Arrange the already cut pieces in a bowl, ready to be added to the shallow pan.
Brown in the shallow pan
Put the meats in the shallow pan along with the chopped onion, carrot, and celery, garlic, and rosemary, without adding oil. Sauté over medium heat, stirring, until the pieces brown and the bottom releases a strong aroma. The surface of the meat should be well browned, without burning the herbs.
Melt the preserves
Melt a tablespoon Of tomato paste in hot water, stirring until you obtain a uniform liquid without lumps. Pour the dissolved preserves into the shallow pan when the meat is already browned: the liquid must collect the aromatic base and become the base of the sauce.
Adjust and cook slowly
Season with salt and pepper, Then lower the heat and cook slowly and for a long time. Maintain a barely perceptible boil, stirring occasionally to prevent the bottom from sticking. Continue cooking until the meat is cooked through and the sauce visibly reduces, becoming thicker and more concentrated.
Check the density
Make sure the sauce has thickened and adheres to the meat without becoming watery. The dish is ready when the sauce appears concentrated, the pork parts are well-seasoned, and the aroma of herbs and tomatoes is fully developed. Serve the pan hot, directly from the oven. shallow pan.
Chef's Tips
The editorial staff recommends slow, prolonged cooking: maintain a barely perceptible boil until the sauce reduces and evenly coats the meat.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for 4 people
- (4.41 lb) approximately 2 kg of “waste” parts of the freshly slaughtered pig (cheek, liver, lung, intestines, sweetbreads and language)
- onion, carrot
- celery
- 2 cloves of garlic rosemary
- (1 tbsp) 1 tablespoon Of tomato paste
- salt and pepper
Can't find it in the US?
- lungNot sold in the US
Leave it out and use the same weight of heart or liver
Lungs cannot be sold as food in the United States.
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