Italian Bollito (Boiled Beef)
- Easy
- 3 h 15 min
- Kcal 87
A rich and delicious recovery recipe: picchiapò or boiled beef Picchiapò style. Romans know what we are talking about: this dish is one of the most delicious in Roman cuisine and is made starting from the meat that is cooked for the broth, often used for other typical preparations such as stracciatella alla romana. The piece of meat from the boiled beef, in fact, unlike the classic beef stew, remains tough after cooking because it is cooked starting from cold water. To avoid discarding it and to present it at the table in a new appetizing way, a stew of onions and tomatoes comes to the rescue, which will give it softness and flavor. There is also a white version, but today we will show you how to prepare traditional picchiapò with the recipe by Claudio and Fabrizio Gargioli of Armando al Pantheon, a historic restaurant located in the heart of Rome, where you can taste all the specialties of Roman cuisine, including spaghetti cacio e pepe, spaghetti alla carbonara, and the inevitable amatriciana!
To prepare picchiapò, place the cleaned vegetables in a pot filled with cold water: the carrot, celery stalk, tomatoes, and potato 1. Peel the onion and add half of it 2, then also add the beef 3.
Season with coarse salt 4, turn on the heat and let it boil for 2 hours 5. In the meantime, clean and chop 3 white onions 6.
In a pan, heat the olive oil, then add the chopped onions 7, salt 8, add a ladle of the cooking beef broth 9, and let the onions soften over low heat.
In the meantime, wash and chop the fresh parsley 10. After the boiling time 11, drain the boiled beef 12.
Cut the meat 13 to obtain thin but not too thin slices 14. Once the onion is well stewed, place the slices of boiled beef on top 15.
Add a ladle of beef broth 16 and the tomato puree 17, mix and cook for about 10 minutes 18, or until the sauce thickens.
The boiled beef Picchiapò style is ready 19, serve it with plenty of freshly chopped parsley 20 and a drizzle of raw olive oil 21.