The Scottos’ one-pot meals, winter dishes and more
From hearty meatloaf to healthy vegetarian, nine tasty Italian recipes
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The Scottos’ hearty recipes Jan. 22: The Italian family of chefs prepares a perfect meal for a cold winter night — meatloaf with lentils, mashed potatoes and much more. Today Show Kitchen |
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One-pot meals with the Scottos Jan. 22: The Italian family of chefs cooks quick and satisfying dishes that will warm you up on a cold winter day. Today Show Kitchen |
Not sure what to cook? Try any of these hearty dishes and delicious desserts from the Italian family of chefs. Just a taste of the menu: Shrimp and Gorgonzola risotto, chicken and sausage stew with cannellini beans and a yummy apple almond crumble with butterscotch sauce.
Here are the Scottos’ recipes for a hearty wintertime meal:
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
For the meatloaf
For the sauce
For the mashed potatoes
For the meatloaf
In a large sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add carrots, onions, fennel, garlic and prosciutto. Cook for about 15 minutes until vegetables soften. Add lentils, beef stock, rosemary and pepper flakes, cover and cook for 25 minutes until lentils begin to soften.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. When ready, drain any leftover liquid and cool down. In a large mixing bowl, combine beef, eggs, lentils, parsley, Parmesan and vegetables, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well and shape into a 10-ounce oval loaf. Place on sheet pan and bake in 350° oven for about 30 to 35 minutes.
For the sauce
Heat oil in sauce pot, sauté shallots, garlic and thyme until golden brown. Add veal stock and reduce to almost half or until consistency is thick and smooth.
For the mashed potatoes
Place potatoes in a saucepan full of cold water and bring to a boil. Cook for approximately 20 minutes. Drain and set aside.
In another saucepan, melt butter and add cream and heat until it comes to a boil. Add butter and cream to potatoes and mash. Season with salt and serve immediately.
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4 servings
INGREDIENTS
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven and brown the shanks two at a time. Remove and set aside. Add the carrots, celery and onion in batches and cook until lightly browned. Put all the vegetables in the Dutch oven with the bay leaf and thyme. Pour in beef stock to cover, place the veal shanks on top and simmer for two hours.
After the shanks are done, add the pearl barley, then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for another hour or until the barley is tender.
Stir in the tomatoes, lemon rind and parsley.
Bring the soup back to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for five minutes. Season veal shanks with salt and pepper.
Put a veal shank into each of four large bowls, then ladle the barley broth over the meat and serve immediately.
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8 servings
INGREDIENTS
Crumb mixture
Apple mixture
Butterscotch sauce
To make crumb mixture
Combine bread crumbs, oatmeal and light brown sugar. Cut in butter then add almonds.
To make apple mixture
Toss apples and raisins with sugar, cornstarch and spices.
To assemble
Cover the bottom of a deep 9x12-inch baking dish with ⅓ of the crumb mixture. On top of that, spread ½ of the apples, then ⅓ the crumb mixture, ½ of the apples and finish with the crumb mixture.
Cover with foil, bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Remove foil, bake for 30 minutes more. Serve warm with butterscotch sauce.
To make butterscotch sauce
Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan, bring to a boil stirring occasionally, then remove from heat. Serve warm.
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