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Raw pink minced veal in a shallow ceramic bowl on a kitchen counter.

Minced veal

Fresh minced veal is the raw meat component mixed with pork sausage in stuffed sedano nero di Trevi.

Italian name
Macinato di vitello.
At the meat counter
Plain raw veal mince.
For the filling
200 g veal with 200 g fresh pork sausage.

Name the meat before the cut

Fresh minced veal is the raw meat component mixed with pork sausage in stuffed sedano nero di Trevi.

Macinato di vitello identifies minced veal. For this filling, ask for plain mince and weigh it before mixing with the sausage, egg, crumbs and cheese.

Measure the two meats separately

Weigh 200 g veal mince and 200 g sausage meat for the four-portion recipe. Remove the sausage casing, mix the filling as directed and spread it along the spaces between the blanched celery ribs.

A filling for Trevi celery

In this Trevi celery filling, veal mince combines with fresh pork sausage. Spread the mixture between the blanched ribs, then tie the head before coating and frying.

Cook the filling through

Frying sets the outside coating; the filled heads then finish in the oven. Check the center of the filling with the recipe’s probe-temperature and holding-time instructions before serving.

Ask for plain veal mince

Ask for plain raw veal mince and confirm the meat with the butcher. For a packaged preparation, read the ingredients before combining it with the separately measured sausage and seasonings.

Use the supplier’s date

Follow the supplier’s refrigeration and use-by directions and the recipe’s raw-meat handling instructions. Keep the filling cold until you are ready to stuff the celery.

Questions worth asking

Can I treat the 200 g as cooked weight?

No. It is the raw mince weighed before mixing.

What should I ask the butcher for?

Ask for plain raw veal mince. Confirm that it is veal and weigh the amount for the filling before adding the sausage, egg, crumbs and cheese.

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