Italian Polenta
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Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 4 ingredients
- Salt
- 2 cups cold water j Add
- 2 tablespoonfuls butter I
- 1 cup cornmeal
Contains
Milk
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Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- 2 tablespoonfuls butter I to 1 whole cup grated cheese 1 teaspoonful salt 2 cups boiling water 1 cup cornmeal 2 cups cold water j Add the salt to the boiling water and stir the cold water into the cornmeal;
- gradually stir the softened cornmeal into the rapidly boiling salted water;
- do not add the meal so fast as to stop the boiling of the mixture.
- Stir occasionally while boiling ten minutes, then let cook over boiling water an hour or longer, stirring occasionally.
- Add the butter and cheese just before serving.
- Serve with or without meat.
- For serving without meat prepare the following sauce.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Large pot
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Grater
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Wooden spoon