in Recipes

Fried polenta

updated

Spread the love

Ingredients for 6 servings:

  • 500 ml milk
  • 30 g butter
  • some salt
  • some nutmeg, freshly grated
  • 150 g polenta semolina
  • 40 g cheese, Italian hard cheese (e.g. Grana Padano)
  • 2 egg yolks (size M)
  • some oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 5 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Bring milk, butter, a pinch of salt, and freshly grated nutmeg to a boil. While stirring, add the polenta semolina and let it swell over low heat for 5 minutes. Finely grate the cheese and stir in with 2 egg yolks. Spread into a baking dish lined with baking paper and let it set. Cut the polenta into 4 cm half-moons or cut into 4 cm cubes. Fry in 2 tablespoons of oil each, in 2 batches, until golden brown on both sides.

Facebook Comments

Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

Potato gingerbread

Eggplant tart