Galletto Vallespluga with peppers

Level

Cooking time

50 minutes

Cooking method

padella,tradizionale

Occasion

veloce

Serves

4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Galletti Vallespluga
  • oil
  • chopped onion
  • aromatic herbs
  • garlic, if desired
  • peppers
  • white wine or stock
  • salt

Procedure

This is one of many recipes which combines the delicate taste of the Galletto with typical mediteranean flavours.
Cut the Galletto in half and brown in a pan with the oil and finely chopped onion. Season with salt and add the aromatic herbs, garlic, if desired, and chopped peppers (1 pepper for each Galletto).

Continue to cook over a low heat in a covered pan. Finally, add the stock or wine to prevent the juices from drying. Serve with boiled rice or mashed, creamed potatoes.

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Cut the Galletto in half and brown in a pan with a little oil at a high temperature. Then add the finely chopped onions and continue to brown until the onions are golden in colour.
Add the tomato puree, salt and pepper, as desired. Sprinkle with the beer, a little at a time.

Then add the mushrooms. Cover and finish cooking, gradually adding the stock until the sauce reaches the required consistency.

Galletto on the spit

It can be an electric spit inside an oven or even a manually turned skewer over live fire inside a beautiful fireplace. In the first case, in the oven, it is advisable to place a dripping pan with a finger of water on the bottom of the oven to collect the grease that drips without it making smoke. From time to time brush the Galletto (well fixed with the appropriate tips on the spit) with a little oil, salt and aromas. The cooking time is about 45 – 50 minutes, to be checked according to the power of the grill. If the fireplace is used, keep the Galletto by the side and not directly above the flame, giving the spit a regular rotation.

The Marinade

The term “marinade” could mean different things, but they all have one thing in common: they mean giving meat that special something.
You can make a simple marinade with lemon juice, like anchovies in Liguria or South American “chevices”. You can marinade meat by soaking it in wine and herbs, such as with game for example.

We also use the term marinade when we sprinkle oil, salt and herbs over the meat.

When cooking, grilled meats tend to lose too much moisture and then get a little dry, stringy.
To counter this and to get the maximum results from the grill, it is useful to marinate the Galletto before baking, sprinkle it with salt (7-8 grams per Galletto) and leave it in the fridge for 12-24 hours.
Besides salt, flavors such as rosemary, coriander, thyme, and so on can also be added.

To give it a spicy taste, a little chili goes a long way.
There are already mixed salts with herbs on sale.