Creamy polenta with green asparagus
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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Last modified on: May 19th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
0 litre 4 ml whole milk - 2
1 cup polenta meal - 3
¼ cup butter - 4
½ cup cream - 5
0 kg 2 g green asparagus spears - 6
1 spring onion (scallion) - 7 1 ½ tablespoon butter
- 8
parsley - 9
salt - 10
pepper
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 35 min. | 9 min. | 44 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 8 min.
Prepare the polenta with 0 litre 4 ml whole milk and 1 cup polenta meal.
Stage 3 - 20 min.
Prepare 0 kg 2 g green asparagus spears, cook them until "tender" and drain.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Cut into small pieces and set aside.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Prepare and chop 1 spring onion (scallion).
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Put a frying pan over medium heat and pour in 1 ½ tablespoon butter.
When hot, add the minced spring onion, season with salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.
When hot, add the minced spring onion, season with salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Add the asparagus...
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Pour the contents of the frying pan into the polenta pan, mix well and reheat gently if necessary.
Check the seasoning one last time.
Check the seasoning one last time.
Stage 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.
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
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,931 Kcal or 8,085 Kj | 82 gr | 115 gr | 128 gr |
| 97 % | 31 % | 11 % | 19 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 94 Kcal or 394 Kj | 4 gr | 6 gr | 6 gr |
| 5 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 483 Kcal or 2,022 Kj | 20 gr | 29 gr | 32 gr |
| 24 % | 8 % | 3 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 11.59 €
- Per person : 2.90 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coffee custard, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Cramique, Cannelés, ... All |
 | Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Raw green asparagus salad, Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, Green asparagus omelette, Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Pasta with green asparagus, ... All |
 | Polenta meal: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Polenta with beetroot tops, Polenta, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caesar salad, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Creamy rice with spinach, Blanquette of veal, Chocolate-verbena cream, ... All |
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