Polenta

[Railroad]

I got a bag of Polenta (aka yellow grits) a few weeks back and cooked some up this morning to go under my poached eggs. Yummy!

My original objective was to make a batch and let it become a loaf, which you then slice and fry. The result is a crispy corn cake which can be served with syrup or just about anything you want to put on it. In Illinois, where my grandparents lived, the cakes were called "corn meal mush." Bob Evans restaurant sold it for a time a couple of years ago as a breakfast food.

Any of y'all like to cook with Polenta?

 

[sputnik]

Just made a loaf last week and planned to make another this week. Some people have food but no appetite; others have appetite but no food. Thank the lord I have both. Enjoy!

 

[Monello]

I prefer a creamy polenta as a dinner side dish. I've had some interesting meals of polenta. One person cooked it with sausage in it and served it with marinara sauce.

Here's a party options. Polenta rounds with seasoned spinach and sauteed portabello mushrooms.

 

[Roman]

I prefer a creamy polenta as a dinner side dish. I've had some interesting meals of polenta. One person cooked it with sausage in it and served it with marinara sauce.

Here's a party options. Polenta rounds with seasoned spinach and sauteed portabello mushrooms.

WOW...that looks delicious! Is Polenta that stuff sold in a roll, wrapped in plastic? I think I've seen it before at Giant. I'd like to try this...recipe?

 

[Railroad]

WOW...that looks delicious! Is Polenta that stuff sold in a roll, wrapped in plastic? I think I've seen it before at Giant. I'd like to try this...recipe?

You can get it in the roll like that, or you can get the coarse yellow corn meal. I've had it both ways and for some things, I prefer the latter.

 

[acommondisaster]

I prefer a creamy polenta as a dinner side dish. I've had some interesting meals of polenta. One person cooked it with sausage in it and served it with marinara sauce.

Here's a party options. Polenta rounds with seasoned spinach and sauteed portabello mushrooms.

As delicious as that looks, it looks more like squares than rounds.

 

[Retrodeb54]

Looked up some polenta recipes just for the 'halibut' and saw some under polenta pizza. Looks yummy, added ingredients to my to try list.