Receta Flown Away Sparrows With Polenta ( Uccelletti Scappati)
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Soak the dry porcini in the water for 30 min.
- Strain well reserving the soaking liquor and finely chop the mushrooms.
- Put each slice of chicken or possibly turkey between 2 sheets of clingfilm and beat with a mallet till thin.
- Season each slice with salt and pepper.
- Onto each scaloppine put one third of a slice of speck a sprinkling of pine kernels minced porcini a healthy pinch of parsley and a few hazelnutsized dots of butter.
- Roll up each scaloppine and secure with a cocktail stick and dust each with flour patting off any excess.
- Brown gently in the heated oil turning till they are cooked.
- Remove from the pan remove the cocktail sticks and keep hot.
- Add in the shallot and garlic to the same pan and fry for 30 seconds before adding the fresh mushrooms.
- Fry gently for 3 min stirring then add in the remaining slices of speck cut into thin strips and the red wine.
- Simmer for 2 min to evapourate the alcohol then add in 4 Tbsp. of the porcint soaking liquor reserved earlier salt and pepper parsley and tomatoes.
- Cook for a further 2 min to develop the fiavours then return the sparrows to the pan. Simmer gently for 5 min adding more soaking liquor if necessary. Season to taste.
- In another pan bring the water for the polenta to the boil.
- Add in the polenta in a thin stream and stir till it has thickened.
- Add in the butter and parsley and serve with the false sparrows and sauce.
- Sparrow onginaly called osei in the Venetian dialect were a speciality of which region but this dish was also adopted by Bergamo. Here the sparrows have flown away to be replaced by rolls of chicien fillet!
- Serves 4