Creamy Creamy Polenta
Recipe: #17484
February 20, 2015
Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Dairy, Italian, 5 Ingredients Or Less, 5-Minute Prep, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Small Batch Cooking, Fall/Autumn, Winter, Weeknight Meals, Stove Top, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Kosher Dairy more
"This is the way we eat polenta at home. The creamier the better. the ingredients are for 1 (big) serving. The ratio is always 4 to 1."
Original recipe yields 1 serving
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (289 g)
- Calories 333.4
- Total Fat - 24.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.2 g
- Cholesterol - 73.3 mg
- Sodium - 1144.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 12.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 12.1 g
- Protein - 15.7 g
- Calcium - 541.2 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Bring the milk to almost boil over medium heat. Add the salt and butter.Let it melt.
Step 2
While whisking gently, pour the polenta into the hot milk in a steady stream.
Step 3
Continue whisking until polenta is thickened.About 1 minute. Turn off the heat add cheese and continue whisking until blended in.
Step 4
Polenta keeps thickening as it cools down, so do not worry if it looks a little to soft at the begining.
Step 5
Pour on a plate and sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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