How To Cook Polenta | Good Housekeeping
- 5 years ago
Learn how to cook polenta in this simple how-to video from the Good Housekeeping Institute Cookery School.
Polenta is a classic Italian staple made of coarse ground cornmeal and can be cooked to make a grainy puree to be served immediately, or it can be cooled, set and then fried or grilled. Watch our step-by-step video to find out how to make it.
1. To make wet polenta: put water and salt in a pan and bring to boil. Pour in polenta and stir well. Use 5 parts water to 1 part polenta.
2. Bring mixture to boil and cook for 5-10min, stirring every so often to make sure polenta doesn’t catch or go lumpy. Be careful when polenta is boiling as it can bubble volcanically and spit. The polenta is ready when texture becomes creamy. Season well with salt and pepper. You can add cheese, cream or butter to give it a richer flavour, if you like.
3. To make fried polenta slices, use basic method to make wet version but use 1 part polenta to 4 parts water.
4. Grease a roasting tin with a little oil and add polenta. Wet back of a spoon and spread polenta evenly.
5. The polenta will firm up once completely cold. Turn tray upside down on a board to release polenta. Cut into equal sized slices.
6. Heat a frying pan over a high heat and drizzle in some oil.
7. Lay polenta slices, a couple at a time, into pan and cook for roughly 3min, until undersides are lightly browned. Flip over and brown on other side.
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Polenta is a classic Italian staple made of coarse ground cornmeal and can be cooked to make a grainy puree to be served immediately, or it can be cooled, set and then fried or grilled. Watch our step-by-step video to find out how to make it.
1. To make wet polenta: put water and salt in a pan and bring to boil. Pour in polenta and stir well. Use 5 parts water to 1 part polenta.
2. Bring mixture to boil and cook for 5-10min, stirring every so often to make sure polenta doesn’t catch or go lumpy. Be careful when polenta is boiling as it can bubble volcanically and spit. The polenta is ready when texture becomes creamy. Season well with salt and pepper. You can add cheese, cream or butter to give it a richer flavour, if you like.
3. To make fried polenta slices, use basic method to make wet version but use 1 part polenta to 4 parts water.
4. Grease a roasting tin with a little oil and add polenta. Wet back of a spoon and spread polenta evenly.
5. The polenta will firm up once completely cold. Turn tray upside down on a board to release polenta. Cut into equal sized slices.
6. Heat a frying pan over a high heat and drizzle in some oil.
7. Lay polenta slices, a couple at a time, into pan and cook for roughly 3min, until undersides are lightly browned. Flip over and brown on other side.
Find out how to cook polenta on the Good Housekeeping website: http://bit.ly/2I8vq5K
Subscribe to the Good Housekeeping YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TM6CWC
View more recipes from the Good Housekeeping YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2UAUHIi