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Polenta with beetroot tops

Name: Polenta with beetroot tops
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 spring onion (scallion); 200 g beet tops; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 100 g polenta meal; 500 ml whole milk; Salt; Pepper

Creamy polenta with beetroot tops just briefly wilted in a frying pan with spring onion.

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Duration

35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: May 19^th 2025

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 200 g beet tops
3 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 100 g polenta meal
5 500 ml whole milk
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 970 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

5 min.

All in all

35 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 5 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 4 min.

The leaves

Prepare 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Rinse and dry 200 g beet tops.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan on medium heat. When good and hot add the spring onion, salt and pepper, then cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add the vegetable leaves...

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

...and cook while stirring. Within 2 or 3 minutes the leaves will shrink considerably in volume as they wilt.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Cook for a further minute or 2 then check the seasoning and set aside.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 10 min.

The polenta

Prepare a creamy polenta with 100 g polenta meal and 500 ml whole milk (follow these hints).

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

Mix the wilted leaves into the polenta.

Stage 9

Your polenta with beetroot tops is ready.

Remarks

Of course you can use any other root vegetable leaves you like in this recipe. If you don't have any, you can also use spinach instead.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	3 g RDI=6 %	5 g RDI=2 %	6 g RDI=9 %	92 kcal RDI=5 %	387 kJ RDI=5 %
Per person	9 g RDI=15 %	14 g RDI=5 %	15 g RDI=22 %	224 kcal RDI=11 %	938 kJ RDI=11 %
Whole recipe	38 g RDI=59 %	57 g RDI=22 %	63 g RDI=88 %	896 kcal RDI=45 %	3,752 kJ RDI=45 %