Polenta

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 kg 400 g, you will need:

• 1 1 litre milk
• 2 300 g polenta meal
• 3 50 ml olive oil (optional)
• 4 salt
• 5 pepper
• 6 4 tablespoons olive oil
• Total weight: 1,360 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
10 min.	1 hour	17 min.	1 hour 27 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Cooking the polenta Bring 1 litre milk to a boil in a large saucepan. Season with salt and pepper.
2	Trickle in 300 g polenta meal while whisking...
3	...and beat until the polenta thickens...
4	...and the mixture is smooth. Check the seasoning Note: If you want a creamy, supple polenta, a bit like a purée, and stop there without toasting it afterwards, reduce the weight of the polenta powder to 200 gr per liter of milk, and possibly add 50 gr of cream or butter at the end of cooking.
5	For fried polenta Pour the mixture into a large flat tray or dish and spread it out evenly. Leave to cool and set for at least 1 hour.
6	Cut lines with a knife, first in one direction...
7	...then across the other way...
8	...to will give you small cubes of polenta.
9	Fry these in a little olive oil in a frying pan...
10	... rolling them around until golden brown all over.

Remarks

You can also make polenta just using water, but I don't find this as good.

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