Polenta Recipe

How to make it

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• 1. Bring the water and salt to a boil in a saucepan.
• 2. Very slowly sprinkle the cornmeal into the boiling water, stirring constantly.
• 3. This must be done slowly and carefully to avoid lumps
• 4. Cook over low heat, stirring almost constantly. T
• 5. he polenta will become thicker as it cooks and will eventually start to pull away from the sides of the pot.
• 6. This will take about 20-30 minutes.
• 7. Lightly moisten a large flat surface, such as a wooden board or a platter.
• 8. Pour the polenta onto this board or platter.
• 9. Serve immediately, hot, or let cool and use in any of a number of ways, including the variations below.
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• 11. Note:
• 12. Freshly made hot polenta is a good with many kinds of stews and other braised dishes that provide plenty of flavorful juices for the polenta to soak up.
• 13. It is also served with grilled dishes.
• 14. VARIATIONS:
• 15. Polenta con Sugo di Pomodoro
• 16. Serve hot polenta with tomato sauce or Meat Sauce
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• 18. Polenta con Salsicce
• 19. Serve hot polenta with pork sausages cooked with tomatoes or tomato sauce.
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• 21. Polento al Burro e Forrnaggio
• 22. Stir 6 oz fresh butter and 2-3 oz grated parmesan cheese into hot polenta as soon as it is cooked.
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• 24. Polenta Fritta or Grigliata
• 25. Let polenta cool and cut it into slices 1/2 inch thick.
• 26. Pan-fry in oil until a thin crust forms.
• 27. Alternatively, heat slices on a grill or broiler until hot and lightly grill-marked.
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• 29. Polenta Grassa
• 30. This can be prepared in two ways.
• 31. 1. Pour a layer of hot polenta into a buttered baking dish.
• 32. Cover with sliced fontina cheese and dot with butter.
• 33. Cover with another layer of polenta, then another layer of cheese and butter.
• 34. Bake until very hot.
• 35. 2. Prepare as in the first method, but instead of the hot, freshly made polenta, use cold polenta cut into thin slices.
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• 37. Polenta Pasticciata
• 38. Prepare Meat Sauce, using pork sausage in addition to the beef.
• 39. Also, add sauté sliced mushrooms to the sauce.
• 40. Cut cold polenta into thin slices.
• 41. Fill a baking pan with alternating layers of polenta slices, meat sauce, and parmesan cheese.
• 42. Bake until hot.