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Polenta Pasticciata

A historical recipe from Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola.

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A historical recipe

Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola. Project Gutenberg eBook #6385.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 1 quart of milk Boil

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

  1. 3/4 of a cup of Indian meal 1 quart of milk Boil the milk, and add the Indian meal, a little at a time, when milk is boiling, stirring constantly.
  2. Cook for one-half an hour, stirring constantly.
  3. Add salt just before taking off the fire.
  4. The Indian meal should be stiff when finished.
  5. Turn it onto the bread-board, and spread it out to the thickness of two fingers.
  6. While it is cooking prepare a meat sauce, and a Bechamel sauce as follows:

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6385 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6385). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.