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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 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

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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 1 litre whole milk and 250 g polenta meal.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Once set, add 50 g butter and 100 g cream and mix well.

Keep warm, covered.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Prepare 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 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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.

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
1,931 Kcal or 8,085 Kj	82 gr	115 gr	128 gr
72 %	23 %	8 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
94 Kcal or 394 Kj	4 gr	6 gr	6 gr
3 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
483 Kcal or 2,022 Kj	20 gr	29 gr	32 gr
18 %	6 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 11.59 €
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: Gâteau Basque , Celeriac and parsley soup, Potimarron and leek soup, Naan, Gnocchi alla romana, ... All
	Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green asparagus omelette, Raw green asparagus salad, Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , 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: "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Mackerel rillettes, Mushroom tart, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, ... All

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