ITALIAN GRANDMA MAKES POLENTA | How to Make Polenta | Italian Polenta Recipe
Polenta is a hearty, classic Northern Italian style dish. This is my Nonna's version, made using cornmeal only and topped with a hearty sausage ragu. It is bold and rich in flavour and was traditionally served spread onto the middle of the table so everyone could dig in and get their portion. This is sure to be your new favourite topping the next time you serve up polenta. (Did you know its also gluten free?)
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POLENTA RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
Extra virgin olive oil
½ onion (diced into small pieces)
½ carrot (diced into small pieces)
4 x pork and fennel sausages (remove skin from 2 of them)
2 x pork ribs
500g/16oz pork mince
250g - 1.4cups cornmeal (or one packet of ready-made polenta mix)
1lt - 4cups water
Parmesan
Rock salt
Fine salt
METHOD:
1. For this Italian polenta recipe, add a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil to a small pot, the add carrot and put it on the stove at a low-medium heat.
2. Leave it to fry for a minute or so before you add a whole pork sausage and two pork ribs to the pot, along with 500g of pork mince.
3. Mix the mince through so that it starts to brown and add some more EVOO to help it cook. Stir everything through to make sure it is cooked and ready to be added to the cornmeal polenta.
4. Then, add a pinch of salt, stir through and add 500ml of fresh tomato sauce.
5. To sweeten the taste of the sauce, add a touch of rock salt, and leave to simmer and cook through for at least an hour.
6. Now, it’s time to prepare the sausage you will add to the Italian cornmeal polenta (and it will also be used on top). Getting your medium size frypan, add some EVOO and place 3 more Italian sausages inside, breaking them up using a fork, by squashing and pressing them forward. They are to be enjoyed in pieces, not whole.
7. Cook this on a low-medium heat until well browned, adding 100g of veal mince and a pinch of salt. Mix this through and ensure it is well browned by moving the meat around with a wooden spoon.
8. Put a large pot on the stove, filling it with 1L of water. Leave it to heat up – but don’t boil it!
9. Add a pinch of rock salt to the water once it starts to heat and with the wooden spoon in one hand, get cornmeal in the other and slowly drop it into the water, while mixing it through with the spoon.
10. Don’t put all of the cornmeal in the polenta at once! You will see it start to grow in the water and eventually thicken, but the key is mix, mix mix!
NONNA IGEA’S TIP: If you are using instant polenta (from a packet), make sure you read the cooking instructions carefully, adding the right amount of water and leaving it to cook for the time specified.
11. Using a ladle, pour a portion of the sauce you prepared earlier, into the cornmeal polenta, and mix it through. At the same time add half of the sausage mince you also prepared and stir it in.
12. Keep stirring the polenta until it is a thick consistency and it should start to bubble.
13. Be careful not to undercook your polenta or it will be runny and not set!
TO SERVE:
Get a small amount of sugo, and put it onto a flat plate, then add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top. Next, pour the polenta on top of the sugo, spreading it out and adding more delicious sugo on top with a light sprinkle of sausage mince left from earlier! Sprinkle more parmesan cheese on top, and add the sausage mince on top that was prepared earlier.
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EASY ONE POT CHILE VERDE RECIPE | no fresh tomatillos required | #chileverde #mexicanfood
This Chile Verde recipe is amazingly delicious, super easy, flexible, and convenient to make with ingredients you have on hand. I don't often have fresh tomatillos, so I use a simple substitute instead. This one pot make ahead dish is light on work, but full of bold flavor, and ultra tender pork.
Ingredients:
3 green peppers (1 poblano, 1 anaheim, 1 bell), chopped
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3 lb boneless pork, cubed
black pepper, garlic powder, and an all purpose seasoning such as Tony's Creole or Slap Ya Mama
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp minced garlic
2 cups water
28 oz can mild green enchilada sauce
7.7 oz can salsa verde
1/2 tsp dried cilantro
1 1/2 tsp Mexican oregano
a couple dashes paprika
2 tsp chicken bouillon
2 heaping Tbsp maseca + 1/2 cup water (stir together to make slurry)
Season meat with pepper, garlic powder, and all purpose seasoning, and coat with flour in a large bowl. Brown meat in large pot over high heat in a bit of oil or bacon grease. Work in 2 batches. Remove browned meat from pot and set aside. Return pot to stove and add onion and peppers, cooking until they begin to brown and onions are translucent. Add garlic, stir and continue cooking 1 minute longer, until garlic is fragrant. Return meat to pot and add remaining ingredients except maseca slurry. Cover and cook on low heat for 1 hour. Stir in maseca slurry, then continue cooking 30 more minutes, covered. Uncover and let cook an additional 30 minutes or until sauce reaches desired consistency.
Serve with Homemade Mexican Rice
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???? Bean And Bacon Soup With Pozole or Hominy
Glen makes his Bean And Bacon Soup With Pozole or Hominy... now this is a crazy simple soup recipe 'hack' that borrows from a lot of different cuisines, and yet isn't really any of them. It has hints of a Mexican posole / pozole - but we know that it isn't. What it is: easy and tasty!
Ingredients:
200g bacon, diced
1 large onion, diced
10 mL (2 tsp) ground cumin
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
10 mL (2 tsp) oregano
1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped
1 can (796 mL / 28 oz) diced tomatoes
3 cans (540 mL / 19 oz) beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (796 mL / 28 oz) white pozole / hominy, drained and rinsed
2L (8 cups) pork stock or chicken stock
Method:
In a large pot render out the bacon, and cook just until starting to crisp.
Add in the diced onion and sweat until softened.
Add in the cumin, crushed garlic, oregano, and chipotle; stir and cook briefly.
Add in the tomatoes, and cook while stirring 2-3 minutes.
Add in the beans, hominy, and stock.
Cook on low heat at a simmer, and stir occasionally for 30-40 minutes.
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Quick Posole Mexican Soup | Chicken Pozole Recipe | Rockin Robin Cooks
The secret to this posole recipe is using Ancho chile powder. The flaver is more rustic and there is less heat than regular chile powder. You will find this Mexican soup to be very easy to make.
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Posole Pozole (Mexican Soup)
Ingredients:
2 ½ lbs. Chicken thighs
4 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. Ancho chile powder
1 tsp. Oregano
1 tsp. Ground cumin
½ tsp. Smoked paprika
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, minced
2 cans (30 oz. each) Hominy (Mexican corn)
8 cups low sodium chicken broth
Salt to taste
Condiments:
Lime wedges
Cilantro, chopped
Cabbage, thinly sliced
Directions:
In a stainless steel stock pot over medium high heat, lay the chicken thighs skin side down in the pan.
Add enough of the chicken broth to cover the chicken and bring to a boil. Then cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the chicken is done.
While the chicken is cooking we will saute up the onions. In a large frying pan add about a tablespoon of olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and lower the heat to medium and saute for about 18 minutes.
Next add the garlic and saute for an additional 2 minutes.
Once the chicken is done, remove it to a dish. Pour the onion mixture into the stock pot and add the Ancho chile powder, cumin, smoked paprika, oregano, salt, and the rest of the chicken broth.
Once the chicken is cool enough, remove any skin and discard. Then take two forks and shred all the chicken and add it to the pot.
Bring the soup to a boil and then cover and simmer for at least 1 hour, 2 is better. Add the hominy about 15 minutes before you want to serve the soup.
When you serve the soup, I recommend putting a handful of chopped green cabbage and a sprinkle of fresh lime juice at the very least.