polenta - do you use it?

[malkiserow]

Mrs MS did some fried polenta with our duck/springonion/ginger. It was really lovely.

 

Do you eat it? How do you cook it?

[swift4me]

I've cooked it many times and think it is great with game. You have to cook it from scratch if you want to add ingredients, unlike the pre-cooked stuff in the tube. Follow the water to polenta ratio on the package but don't add all of the water at first. You can substitute milk for some of it, and as it cooks slowly, (that is the real key), you can add butter, cream or milk as your blood vessels allow. In addition, chopped rosemary, finely chopped peppers, (hot or not), mushrooms or tomatoes will all improve it. You can serve it as is, or pour it out onto a piece of aluminum foil and smooth it into a layer about 1/2" thick and let cool. You can cut this into squares and fry it later or better yet, grill on the BBQ, or just eat cold the next day. Great with all game.

 

I like to cut up pheasants, dredge in flour lightly and sautee in a iron pot, add some onions and carrots, then add Guinness and let it slow cook until the sauce thickens. That next to polents with rosemary and mushrooms is to die for.

 

Pete

[malkiserow]

Just tried another one...

 

very thin slices of Polenta toasted under the grill then add smoked mackrel slices on top and serve with a dill+mustard sauce

[hendersons]

fried rosemary and blackolive polenta is truly superb or my absolute favourite is polenta with lots of parmesan and some truffle oil with just about any game bird if only i could afford to eat it at home.

[John_R]

I love polenta, though I prefer it soft. A fave is to cook cuttlefish in a sauce of its own ink and serve on polenta which has been spooned onto the plate at the exact moment it has *just* cooked through.