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 2 ml whole milk - 2
0 kg 8 g polenta meal - 3
1.8 oz butter - 4
0 kg 3 g cream - 5
1 lb + 1.6 oz green asparagus spears - 6
0.04 oz spring onion (scallion) - 7 0.7 oz 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 2 ml whole milk and 0 kg 8 g polenta meal.
Stage 3 - 20 min.
Prepare 1 lb + 1.6 oz 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 0.04 oz spring onion (scallion).
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Put a frying pan over medium heat and pour in 0.7 oz 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 |
| 1,880 Kcal or 7,871 Kj | 79 gr | 102 gr | 128 gr |
| 94 % | 30 % | 10 % | 19 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 98 Kcal or 410 Kj | 4 gr | 5 gr | 7 gr |
| 5 % | 2 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 470 Kcal or 1,968 Kj | 20 gr | 25 gr | 32 gr |
| 23 % | 8 % | 2 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 11.44 €
- Per person : 2.86 €
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: Mousse with two chocolates, Mint and chocolate cream, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Sandwich bread, ... All |
 | Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Green asparagus omelette, Pasta with green asparagus, Raw green asparagus salad, Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, ... All |
 | Polenta meal: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Polenta, Polenta with beetroot tops, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Potato purée , Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, ... All |
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