Grilled polenta slices

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 125 g polenta semolina with short cooking time
• 500 ml water
• ½ tsp salt
• n. B. Paprika powder, sweet
• n. B. Pfeffer
• Oil for the grill

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 35 minutes

Bring the water to a boil with the salt, a little paprika, and a pinch of pepper. Once boiling, slowly stir in the polenta, preferably with a whisk. Let it swell over very low heat for about 10 minutes while stirring. Taste the polenta and season with salt if necessary. Remove the polenta from the heat and let it stand for another 10 minutes. Then, rinsed with cold water, spread it out in a rectangular shape about 1.5 cm thick on a baking sheet and let it cool completely. Cut the polenta into 3 slices of about 5 x 10 cm. Preheat the kettle or gas grill and grill the slices over direct heat on the oiled grill for about 10-15 minutes. Carefully turn them over once, ideally with a spatula; this requires some feeling and skill. If you’re not confident doing this—we even made a test slice first—you can use a grill pan instead. We’ve cooked it twice now on the gas grill and it worked perfectly.