It looked pretty good
I have this rule that I don’t cook anything that I haven’t eaten before. It generally works well. I eat, I like, I cook. But then I broke that rule.
I don’t know why I decided that I’d cook polenta. I put it on my list of things to attempt this Autumn/Winter even though I hadn’t had it before, but I cooked it and ate it and I didn’t like it. I followed the package instructions, even adding cheese and butter (which was optional). It was really, really bland.
The Koala likened it to watery custard and ate everything else on the plate. I guess it looks like a gritty custard. I would have much preferred mashed potatoes for dinner.
In any case, I’ve got a whole package of polenta that I don’t know what to do with.
Is there anyone out there that likes polenta? What’s your polenta recipe?
Failing that, does anyone want a big bag of polenta? Minus 1 cup, but there’s probably about 10 cups in there still. You can have it for free!
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Try:
Chilli Corn Bread
Servces 16 / Prep time: 5 mins / Cooking time: 12-15 mins
1c polenta
1/2c plain flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp red chilli flakes
2 small green chillis, deseeded and sliced
375ml low fat buttermilk
2 eggs
1 1/4c corn kernels, fresh (blanched) or frozen (thawed)
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Place the polenta, flour, baking soda, chilli flakes, chillis and a pinch of cracked black pepper in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add the buttermilk, eggs and corn and mix together.
Lightly grease a 21 x 31 x 3cm baking pan with cooking spray. Pour the corn bread mixture into the tray and bake in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool and cut into 16 portions.
Hope that’s got some taste to it!
Thanks Charlotte, that sounds tastier. I will give that a whirl. I’ve never had corn bread before. I forget that polenta is corn meal.
Heat it up with some brown sugar, and give a try.
Like polenta porridge? I wonder if that’s going to make it taste more like custard?
i always use chicken stock and milk (not water as is says on the packet) and add lots of butter and parmesan at the end and its delicious its on my blog along with a biscuit recipe if you are keen … 🙂
Now that’s an idea. I might just view it as the super bland ingredient it is and load it up to the gills!
I make polenta, put it in a swiss roll tin, chill. Then slice and deep fry…. polenta chips are NOM