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Polenta, Bert's Basic

Polenta, Bert's Basic — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cup Milk
• 0.75 cup Yellow Cornmeal Or White Cornmeal

Method (preview)

1. 1

   BERT'S NOTES: "Cornmeal recipes abound in a clutch of surprising cuisines. Italians, for example -- who would never consider chomping corn on the cob -- dote on a dish called polenta, which is basically nothing more than cornmeal mush carried to gastronomic heights.

2. 2

   "In northern Italy there is a great mystique about the shape of the pot in which polenta is stirred; a U-shaped copper pan is adjudged the ideal utensil. However, not being Italian, I merely use any heavy-bottomed saucepan. And for a creamier texture, I prefer milk to water." p122.