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Creamy polenta with green asparagus

Name: Creamy polenta with green asparagus
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 litre whole milk; 250 g polenta meal; 50 g butter; 100 g cream; 500 g green asparagus spears; 1 spring onion (scallion); 20 g butter; Parsley; Salt; Pepper

A deliberately creamy polenta (because we won't be grilling it afterwards), into which we'll add green asparagus and spring onion, cooked separately.

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Duration

24 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 5^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 litre whole milk
2 250 g polenta meal
3 50 g butter
4 100 g cream
5 500 g green asparagus spears
6 1 spring onion (scallion)
7 20 g butter
8 Parsley
9 Salt
10 Pepper
Total weight: 2,045 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Cooking

9 min.

All in all

24 min.

Preparation 15 min.

Cooking 9 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 8 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 1

Prepare the polenta with 1 litre whole milk and 250 g polenta meal.

Step 2 - ⌛ 3 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 2

Once set, add 50 g butter and 100 g cream and mix well.

Keep warm, covered.

Step 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 3

Prepare 500 g green asparagus spears, then set aside.

Step 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 4

Prepare and chop 1 spring onion (scallion).

Step 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 5

Put a frying pan over medium heat and pour in 20 g butter.

When hot, add the minced spring onion, season with salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.

Step 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 6

Add the asparagus...

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 7

...and chopped parsley.

Mix well and check seasoning.

Step 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Creamy polenta with green asparagus : Step 8

Pour the contents of the frying pan into the polenta pan, mix well and reheat gently if necessary.

Check the seasoning one last time.

Step 9

All set.

Remarks

You can decorate the serving plates with a few chive flowers.

This recipe can be used with other spring vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=6 %	6 g RDI=2 %	6 g RDI=9 %	94 kcal RDI=5 %	395 kJ RDI=5 %
Per person	20 g RDI=31 %	29 g RDI=11 %	32 g RDI=44 %	483 kcal RDI=24 %	2,021 kJ RDI=24 %
Whole recipe	82 g RDI=126 %	115 g RDI=43 %	128 g RDI=175 %	1,931 kcal RDI=97 %	8,083 kJ RDI=97 %