Braised and Gratineed Celery stalks with Parmesan Cheese (Pomodori e Vino)

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Braised and Gratineed Celery stalks with Parmesan Cheese

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Wow. They way Jerry and I split up our recipes, I haven't posted since Christmas! It seems like a LONG time!

When I first read this recipe, I thought, "CELERY? REALLY?" It's not that I have anything against celery. In fact I use it all the time in soups, stews, along with onion and carrots in sauces, and of course raw in salads. I just never thought about serving celery as its own vegetable side dish for dinner. Oh, what a wonderful surprise!

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Celery stalks are cleaned and blanched. Then they are tossed in a sauce of butter, garlic and pancetta or prosciutto and cooked. Broth is added, and celery is cooked until tender and liquid is boiled away. The celery is moved to a baking dish and topped with the onion-prosciutto mixture.

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Then the celery is topped parmesan cheese and baked until the cheese melts into a delicious crust. It is WONDERFUL, and I will definitely make it again. Brad LOVED it!

Celery! Who knew? Obviously Marcella did!

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Posted to 6. Saturday - Jerry/Palma | Vegetables by Palma on January 22, 2011 5:09 AM
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Comments (4)

Jerry:

YUM - this looks wonderful . . . mind you, how could it not be great with those ingredients?

Posted by Jerry | January 22, 2011 6:50 AM

Posted on January 22, 2011 06:50

Ed Hoos:

That looks so good and it's another one of those recipes I haven't made although I've had the book plus the two that preceded it for quite some time. I know what I'll be making this next week!

Posted by Ed Hoos | January 22, 2011 10:26 AM

Posted on January 22, 2011 10:26

Susie L:

I have never tried this, although with your enthusiastic report Palma, I will now!

We just got back from 3 weeks in Venice and Bologna and we continually commented on how flavorful the celery was there. Maybe I can find a farmer at our local farmer's market who produces a more flavorful celery!

Posted by Susie L | January 22, 2011 11:15 AM

Posted on January 22, 2011 11:15

Marcella Hazan:

When I am gone, one of my publishers should collect all the vegetable recipes in my books and gather them under one set of covers. Ditto for the seafood. No other cuisine, certainly not the French, and not even the Chinese can match the Italian for the flavor and diversity and simplicity of preparation of its veggies.

Posted by Marcella Hazan | January 26, 2011 11:19 PM

Posted on January 26, 2011 23:19

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Pomodori e Vino is a group of nine who, on March 28th, 2010 began a challenge to cook every recipe in Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking" We are documenting our results here with a post every day. Check in often.