Parmagiano di Cipolla

A rich, Italian dish baked with layers of pork and beef in a simmered tomato sauce, a rich cream sauce, and fried onion rings, topped with parmesan cheese.

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Ingredients:

• Ragout:  
• 1 diced carrot  
• 2 sliced celery stalks  
• 1 diced onion  
• olive oil  
• 3/4 lb. ground pork  
• 1/4 lb. ground beef  
• 1/4 lb diced cooked ham  
• salt and pepper  
• 4 plum tomatoes  
• 2/3-1 cup dry white wine  
• Bechamel:  
• 4 cups hot milk  
• 8 T butter  
• 1/2 cup flour  
• 1/8 t. nutmeg  
• salt to taste    
• 2 lbs. onions sliced and separated into rings  
• Flour  
• Vegetable oil    
• 1 lb fresh mozzarella, diced  
• Parmesan cheese      

Method

Ragout: Cook veggies in small amount of olive oil till soft. Add pork and beef and mix and cook for 45 min until thick(not too wet). Add salt and pepper. Core and dice tomatoes. Add with ham to ragout and cook down for 35-40 min. Add wine and cook covered on low until moisture evaporated. Bechamel: Melt butter. Mix with flour off heat. Add milk gradually and blend. Return to heat and cook constantly for 5-10 min. Onions: 2 lbs. onions sliced and separated into rings. Shake onion rings in brown bag with flour. Drop in hot oil and brown on both sides. Remove from fat and drain. To construct (like lasagna): Coat bottom of pan with 1/4 bechamel. Top with 1/3 ragout mix. Top with 1/3 onions. Top with 1/2 lb diced fresh mozzarella. Continue layering with 1/4 Bechamel, ragout, onions. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Continue layers of Bechamel, ragout, onions, another 1/2# fresh Mozzarella. Finish with remaining Bechamel and sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake at 350 uncovered for 30-35 minutes until crust brown.

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Submitted By: MargeSLP
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