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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 19^th 2024

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 3 kgs whole milk
2 750 g polenta meal
3 150 g butter
4 300 g cream
5 1 kg 500 g green asparagus spears
6 3 spring onions (scallions)
7 60 g butter
8 parsley
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 6,135 grams

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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 3 kgs whole milk and 750 g polenta meal.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Once set, add 150 g butter and 300 g cream and mix well.

Keep warm, covered.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Prepare 1 kg 500 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 3 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Put a frying pan over medium heat and pour in 60 g butter.

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.

...and chopped parsley.

Mix well and check seasoning.

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.

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.

Keeping

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

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,792 Kcal or 24,250 Kj	245 gr	346 gr	383 gr
290 %	94 %	33 %	58 %

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 34.77 €
Per person : 2.90 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot chocolate, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Panna cotta, Mint and chocolate cream, Peach and verbena feuilleté, ... All
	Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pasta with green asparagus, Green asparagus omelette, Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan, Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Raw green asparagus salad, ... 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: Quick prawn curry, Grapefruit moelleux, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Fisherman's Ragout, Nicholas's fish, ... All

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