Mixed Meat Stew with Polenta - Spezzatino misto con polenta

Stew

• 1000 - 1200 g meat pieces, sinew free mixed types - pork, lamb or wild boar
• 50 g olive oil plus 1-2 Tbsp for frying
• 150 g celery stalks cut in pieces
• 80 g onions quartered
• 125 g carrots cut in pieces
• 3 garlic cloves
• 100 g red wine full-bodied Italian
• ½ Tbsp juniper berries lightly crushed
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 3 fresh sage leaves
• 1 tsp fresh rosemary leaves only
• 700 g passata
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 Tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tsp fine sea salt or to taste
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper or to taste

Polenta

• 40 g Parmesan cheese cut in pieces (2 cm)
• 1500 g water
• 2 tsp fine sea salt
• 300 g polenta (quick cook)
• 60 g Fontina cheese cut in pieces
  or Taleggio cheese cut in pieces