Name: Polpettone dipolio (Chicken meat loaf)
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: scant 1 cup (200 ml) meat or vegetable broth; 4 tablespoons intensely fruity extra-virgin olive oil; 1 artichoke stem; 2 eggs; salt; pepper; 14 ounces (400 g) ground chicken breast; ground cinnamon; 6 tablespoons (90 ml) dry white table wine; 1 carrot; 3½ ounces (100 g) stale crustless bread

Preparation info

Makes
6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

About

From the Roman Jewish tradition.

Ingredients

3½ ounces (100 g) stale crustless bread
scant 1 cup (

Method

Soak the bread in the broth, then squeeze it well, discarding the excess broth. Transfer the bread to a bowl, add the chicken, season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of cinnamon, and mix thoroughly. With oiled hands, form the meat mixture into a meat loaf. Cut off the tough bottom and peel off the stringy outer layers of the artichoke stem, exposing the tender core. Chop together finely the carr