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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 kg 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 kg 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
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 %

% 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 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: Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Pain perdu, Gâteau Basque , Indian rice pudding, ... All
	Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pasta with green asparagus, Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Minestrone, Green asparagus omelette, ... 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: Chocolate cake, Alpine gratin, Spaghetti Carbonara, Crunchy verrines, Baker's chicken and potato tart, ... All

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