Basic Polenta
Basic Polenta

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basic polenta. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Basic Polenta is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Basic Polenta is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Gradually add cornmeal, whisking until smooth. reduce heat to low. Polenta is a dish made from coarsely ground cornmeal. Some water and some salt, a little bit of That is the way my grandmother cooked her basic polenta and that is how I cook it most of the times myself.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook basic polenta using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Basic Polenta:
  1. Make ready 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup wholemilk
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup cornmeal (course or fine)
  4. Get 1/2 cup shredded parmasan
  5. Get 1 tbsp dried thyme
  6. Take to taste salt
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice

Traditional polenta tends to be fatty because butter and cheese are added before serving. While the percentage of calories from fat is a bit high in the basic recipe, this percentage is lowered when you. To enrich the polenta bit, stir in the optional butter or olive oil at the end of cooking time. This recipe is for the polenta novice.

Steps to make Basic Polenta:
  1. Bring the stock and milk to a boil in a saucepan. Then whisk in cornmeal until smooth. Turn the heat down to medium and cook for 4-8 minutes, stirring frequently.
  2. Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in lemon juice, parmesan, thyme, and salt.
  3. Immediately transfer to a greaseproof paper-lined baking tray. Smooth the surface to about a 2-inch thickness.
  4. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for about 2 hours to firm up the polenta.

Two ingredients - polenta and water. So if you can boil water There are many options for polenta once it is cooked: you can mix in fresh herbs and cheeses, bake. This produces a creamy polenta that is soft enough to spread on a board or plank, but will set up around the edges to contain any sauce you ladle on top. This basic polenta recipe is the perfect base for so many Italian dishes. This bare-bones basic polenta recipe isn't embellished with customary indulgences such as milk or butter or cheese.

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