Polpettone Alla Romana

Roman Meat Loaf

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Enoteca

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2001

  • About

Polpettone is the Monday special at Enoteca Corsi on the via del Gesù in Rome, but it’s an everyday affair at Bottega del Vino di Anacleto Bleve on the via Santa Maria del Pianto, the major shopping street in the Roman ghetto. With its cozy dining room and walls lined with cases of wine, this popular wine bar, run by Anacleto Bleve, is always packed at lunch. A refrigerated display cabinet holds the assorted salads, and a blackboard menu announces the d