Easy Homemade Polenta
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cups medium or coarse cornmeal
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 Tbsp. butter
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic
  • ½ tsp. ground black pepper
Directions
  1. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan.
  2. Slowly stir in cornmeal, milk, garlic, and pepper.
  3. Reduce heat to medium, cook for 2 minutes, whisking frequently.
  4. Cover, reduce to low and simmer for 40 minutes stirring with a wooden spoon every 10 minutes.
  5. When mixture begins to pull away from sides of pan-stir in Parmesan cheese and butter.
  6. Serve warm as is or topped with a sprinkling of fresh grated Parmesan, salt and pepper.
  7. Polenta is delicious fried as well. Once preparing my polenta this way I pour it into a shallow pan and refrigerate for several hours until firm, slice and cook over medium heat in a little bit of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Recipe by Premeditated Leftovers™ at https://premeditatedleftovers.com/?p=31862