Stufato alla Gió con Tre Carni...
This month's second is really a meal unto itself (and it's a good thing since the preparation takes a little time—but well worth it!). Stufato all Gió con Tre Carni means Gio's three-meat stew (in honor of Giovanna, it's creator).Ingredients:
- 3 TBL olive oil
- 2 TBL butter
- 3 medium yellow onions
- 2 bunches parsley
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
- 2 cups water
- 1 lb 2oz Italian sausage (mild with no fennel)
- 1 lb chicken breast (2 breasts)
- 1 lb 8 oz beef stew meat
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 lb 2 oz potato (peeled and cubed approx 1 inch)
- 8 oz carrot (peeled and cut 1/4 inch diagonally)
- 6 bell peppers (2 green, 2 red, 2 yellow cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 lb zucchini (quartered lengthwise then sliced into bite-sized pieces)
- 5 oz eggplant (peeled and cut like zucchini)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- Mix onion, parsley, and garlic in a food processor on slow speed.
- Combine result with 1.5 TBL olive oil and 1 TBL butter in a 6 quart stock pot and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Add meat pieces (lightly salted) and cook an additional 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Increase heat to medium high, add tomato sauce and water and cook until mixture begins to boil. Reduce heat to low and cook semi-covered for 1.5 hours.
- While cooking, add 1 TBL butter to a fry pan and cook chicken (lightly salted and peppered) over medium heat until golden (turning once). Reduce heat to low, add 1/2 cup chicken broth, and cook for an additional 10 minutes turning occasionally. Remove chicken (and any juice) and set aside. When cooled, cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.
- While chicken is cooling, wipe fry pan with a paper towel, add 1.5 TBL olive oil and cook sausage over medium heat turning occasionally until well cooked. (While cooking, poke sausage with a fork to remove excess grease.) When complete, remove sausage (and any juice) and set aside. When cooled, cut into diagonal bite-sized pieces.
- After 1.5 hours, add potatoes and carrots to stockpot and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Add peppers, zucchini, and eggplant to stockpot (add salt and pepper to taste) and cook 10 minutes.
- Add sausage (with juice) and chicken (with juice) to stockpot and cook 10 minutes. (If stew is too dry, add remaining chicken broth.)
- Serve immediately. Buon Appetito!
- Although this dish is a complete meal, bread and wine are always welcome (if you're Mormon you can drink grape juice).
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