Slow-cooked family stew with polenta | Recipe Cart | Recipe Cart

Ingredients

• 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil
• 4 celery stalks, very finely diced
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 large carrots, very finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2.25kg/5lb mixed meat such as pork, lamb, rabbit or wild boar, chopped into small pieces
• 200ml/7fl oz red wine
• 1 tbsp juniper berries
• 1 tsp whole black peppercorns
• 4 sage leaves
• 1 tbsp rosemary needles
• 2 bay leaves
• 1.5kg/3lb 5oz chopped tomatoes, or chunky passata
• 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 tsp salt
• 600g/1lb 5oz quick-cook polenta
• 250g/9oz fontina cheese (or taleggio), freshly grated
• 100g/3½oz parmesan, freshly grated
• 100g/3½oz unsalted butter