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Polenta with Cheese

A historical recipe from Allied Cookery, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916).

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A historical recipe

Allied Cookery: British, French, Italian, Belgian, Russian, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916). Project Gutenberg eBook #44947.

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 3 ingredients

  1. 1-1/2 pints of salted
  2. 1/2 lb. of Indian meal
  3. a tablespoon form it

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • 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. Add to 1-1/2 pints of salted, boiling water, 1/2 lb.
  2. of Indian meal, sprinkling it in a little at a time.
  3. Let it cook until thick.
  4. With a tablespoon form it into small lumps;
  5. arrange them on a dish, sprinkle them with grated cheese, and pour over them some butter cooked brown, but not burnt.
  6. Put the dish in the oven a few minutes to melt the cheese before serving.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Allied Cookery, by Grace Clergue Harrison, Gertrude Clergue (1916). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #44947 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44947). 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.