Soft Polenta: Oven Method

Serves 4-6

 

This hands-off technique makes excellent polenta with very little effort or time on the cook's part. It results in creamy polenta with a very rich flavor.

• 1 quart water
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 cup coarse-ground cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a 1 to 1-1/2 quart container, stir together the water, salt, pepper, and cornmeal. Add the butter in pieces. Place the container, uncovered, in the center of the top rack of the oven and bake for 40 minutes. Open the oven, pull out the rack, and stir the polenta. (This is the time to add any additional ingredients such as cheese, as well.) Close the oven and bake the polenta for an additional 10 minutes. Remove it from the oven, let rest for 5 minutes, and serve.

From:
Polenta
by Michele Anna Jordan
Broadway Books
$19.95; 1997
ISBN 0-553-06732-X
Copyright © 1997 Michele Anna Jordan.
Reprinted by permission.

 

Polenta

• About Polenta
• The Basics of Polenta Cookery
• Polenta Before Corn
• Polenta Power
• About the Author: Michele Anna Jordan

Making Soft Polenta

• Cold Water Method
• Double Boiler
• Oven Method
• Traditional

Polenta Recipes (by Michele Anna Jordan)

• Soft Polenta with Walnuts and Gorgonzola
• Drunken Chicken with Olives and Polenta
• Pear Tart with a Polenta Crust
• Polenta Souffle with Chevre Cream

Additional Polenta Recipes

• Cornmeal Bread (Polenta)
• Olive Paste Polenta
• Polenta Lasagne with Spinach, Zucchini, Herbs, and Fontina
• Baby Greens with Blood Oranges and Sage-Prosciutto Polenta Croutons
• Stir-Grilled Root Vegetables with Asiago Polenta
• Polenta with Fontina Cheese and Marinated Tomatoes
• Polenta "Lasagne" with Smoked Mozzarella
• Creamy Polenta with Wild Mushrooms
• Martha Stewart's Polenta Stuffed Mushrooms
• Polenta Cake with Lemon and Raspberries
• Polenta with Skewered Meats Polenta con Osei
• Cicchetti Polenta with Onions and Sausage
• Polenta with Smoked Kangaroo and Parmesan
• Pork Tenderloin with Shiitake Mushrooms and Simple Polenta

 

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