Soft polenta with pan-charred vegetables
2 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 600 | millilitres | Boiling; salted water (in |
| ; pan) | ||
| 175 | grams | Instant polenta |
| 150 | grams | Dolcelatte cheese |
| 250 | grams | Stems purple broccoli |
| Knob of butter | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | large | Red pepper |
| 1 | large | Red chilli; seeded and sliced |
| 2 | Garlic cloves | |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | ||
| 2 | Plum tomatoes | |
| 100 | grams | Black olives |
| 1 | Handful fresh basil leaves; plus extra to | |
| ; garnish | ||
| Parmesan; to serve | ||
Directions
FOR THE VEGETABLES
1 Heat a very large heavy-based frying pan with lid. Pour the polenta into the pan of boiling water, beating well with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens.
2 Remove from the heat, crumble over the Gorgonzola and drop in the butter.
Cover and set aside. Seed and slice the peppers and garlic.
3 Add the oil to the hot frying pan and when it starts to smoke, throw in the vegetables. Cover and cook over the highest heat for a minute.
4 Roughly chop the tomatoes and toss into the pan with the olives. Replace the lid and cook for a further minute, season to taste.
5 Beat the melting Dolcelatte and the knob of butter into the polenta, check the seasoning, adding a little hot water if the mixture is too thick.
6 Spoon the polenta into bowls and top with the charred vegetables (just use half). Coarsely grate over some fresh Parmesan, scatter over the basil and serve.
7 Spoon the remaining vegetables alongside the grilled polenta, scatter over some Parmesan and basil and serve.
Variation:
A plate of plain polenta, cooked, set, cut into triangles and chargrilled can be served with the vegetables as an alternative to the wet polenta.
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 210 Calories (kcal); 19g Total Fat; (77% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 443mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1½ Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 ½ Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.