Creamy polenta with green asparagus

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	9 min.	45 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the polenta with 1 litre whole milk and 250 g polenta meal.
2	Once set, add 50 g butter and 100 g cream and mix well. Keep warm, covered.
3	Prepare 500 g green asparagus spears, cook them until "tender" and drain.
4	Cut into small pieces and set aside.
5	Prepare and chop 1 spring onion (scallion).
6	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.
7	Add the asparagus...
8	...and chopped parsley. Mix well and check seasoning.
9	Pour the contents of the frying pan into the polenta pan, mix well and reheat gently if necessary. Check the seasoning one last time.
10	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.

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