Beef Vegetable Soup with Polenta | Ciao Italia

Ingredients

• FOR THE SOUP
• 1 tablespoon Filippo Berio Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 3/4 pounds meaty beef shin, center cut with bone, trimmed of any fat
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• 2 cups diced fresh plum tomatoes
• 2 stalks celery, washed and quartered
• 2 large carrots, scraped and quartered
• 2 1/2 tablespoons fine sea salt
• Grinding of coarse black pepper
• 12 whole cloves tied in a small piece of cheesecloth
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 large bunch basil
• 10 cups hot water
• FOR THE POLENTA
• 1 cup stone-ground cornmeal
• 3 cups cold water
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