Master Recipe For Polenta

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Servings: 7 Difficulty: Advanced
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Italian-style classic side-dish that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Master Recipe For Polenta

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 7 Calories: 248.2

Description

This Italian side-dish features Coarse italian cornmeal. The flavors come together beautifully. A reliable recipe that works well for everyday cooking. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Use this recipe to
  2. make the basic polenta required for preparing the "Polenta `Lasagne' with Beef, Tomato, and Red Wine Sauce", "Soft Polenta with Porcini Mushroom Sauce", and "Polenta Crostini with Tuna Butter and Capers." Many of these dishes require that you
  3. cook the polenta,
  4. cool it, and
  5. cut it into squares.
  6. However, the soft polenta prepared to serve with Porcini Mushroom sauce has a looser texture.
  7. If you find that the polenta made from this master recipe is too stiff for the soft polenta and mushroom dish,
  8. stir in 1/4 c boiling water to "loosen" it.
  9. TO COOK: Bring 7 c water to boil in a large saucepan.
  10. Add 1T salt.
  11. Stirring constantly with a long-handled wooden spoon,
  12. add cornmeal in a slow, constant steam o prevent lumps from forming.
  13. Simmer , stirring consntly until polenta is very thick and creamy and pulls awarom the sides of the pan, 25 to 30 min.
  14. Proceed immediately a ructed in the individual recipes.
  15. MICROWAVE VERSION: (Just as good but er) Put 1 T salt, the cornmeal, c water in a 4 qt microwave-safe bowl.
  16. Cover and chis mixture on high power, stirring every 6 min until cr 24 min in all.
  17. Proceed immediately as your are ucted in the individual recipe of your choice

Nutrition Facts

Servings 7

Amount Per Serving
Calories 248.2kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2.7g5%
Saturated Fat 0.6g3%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 11.0mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 51.4g18%
Dietary Fiber 5.0g20%
Sugars 1.6g
Protein 5.6g12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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