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Polenta

Name: Polenta
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 1 h 27 min
Yield: 1 kg 400 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 litre milk; 300 g polenta meal; 50 ml olive oil; salt; pepper; 4 tablespoons olive oil

Polenta is made from maize meal and can be prepared in a number of ways. In this recipe, it is cooked in milk, then moulded and set before being fried.

229 K 3.9/5 (66 reviews)

1 hour 30 min. difficulté

Easy

1.85 €

1 kg 400 g

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 24^th 2022

For 1 kg 400 g, you will need:

1 1 litre milk
2 300 g polenta meal
3 50 ml olive oil (optional)
4 salt
5 pepper
6 4 tablespoons olive oil
Total weight: 1,360 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 10 min.

Resting: 1 hour

Cooking: 20 min.

All in all: 1 hour 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Cooking the polenta

Bring 1 litre milk to a boil in a large saucepan.

Season with salt and pepper.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Trickle in 300 g polenta meal while whisking...

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

...and beat until the polenta thickens...

Stage 4

...and the mixture is smooth.

Check the seasoning

Note: If you want a creamy, supple polenta, a bit like a purée, and stop there without toasting it afterwards, reduce the weight of the polenta powder to 200 gr per liter of milk, and possibly add 50 gr of cream or butter at the end of cooking.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 hour

For fried polenta

Pour the mixture into a large flat tray or dish and spread it out evenly.

Leave to cool and set for at least 1 hour.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cut lines with a knife, first in one direction...

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

...then across the other way...

Stage 8

...to will give you small cubes of polenta.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 7 min.

Fry these in a little olive oil in a frying pan...

Stage 10

... rolling them around until golden brown all over.

Remarks

You can also make polenta just using water, but I don't find this as good.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	70 RDI=30 %	90 RDI=8 %	110 RDI=20 %	1,660 RDI=80 %	6,950 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	6 RDI=1 %	8 RDI=1 %	120 RDI=6 %	510 RDI: 6 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 400 g : 1.85 €

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