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Polenta with Mont d'Or

This recipe offers you a way to make polenta that will turn out creamy, with the woody notes of the Mont d'Or.

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Last modified on: January 5^th 2022

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You will need:

1 700 g Polenta
2 250 g Mont d'Or cheese
Total weight: 950 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Start to finish
21 min.	10 min.	31 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

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Prepare 700 g Polenta the usual way.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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When it is ready, add 250 g Mont d'Or cheese in pieces. The best way is to take spoonfuls straight from the box.

There is no need to leave the rind of the Mont d'Or. Also, scraping everything around the edge next to the spruce band adds to the woody flavour.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

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Cover and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

Stage 4

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By the end of this time, the Mont d'Or will have started to melt...

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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...so put back on medium heat and mix the polenta with a whisk or wooden spatula until the cheese is fully mixed in.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 6

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Your polenta with Mont d'Or is ready. Serve on its own or to go with meat, for example.

Remarks

You can easily vary this recipe using other soft-paste cheeses (St Nectaire, etc.).

The quantity of Mont d'Or is for guidance, so do adapt this (a little more or less) to suit your taste.

Keeping

2 or 3 days in the fridge in a sealed container.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
781 Kcal or 3,270 Kj	85 gr	49 gr	114 gr
39 %	33 %	5 %	17 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
82 Kcal or 343 Kj	9 gr	5 gr	12 gr
4 %	3 %	<1 %	2 %

% 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 : 4.20 €

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Source

Home made, based on a recipe by the chef Olivier Franchini.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Rata-tart, Curried polenta, Taos hotpot, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, ... All
	Mont d'Or cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, Quick courgette soup with cheese, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, ... All

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