Thursday, October 2, 2008

Polenta Bolognese

Polenta was the staple of my diet, the canvas so to speak, when I first started travelling. And this recipe is dedicated to my bro Adrian, we used to cook it up when we lived in Paris at Madame Tupi's place. I think it was my friend Colin who introduced me to polenta, I remember him saying he had an Italian Grandmother that used to feed it to him all the time, and she told him it was the poor mans steak in the South, haha.
Start by sauteing some onions, garlic, and chili some olive oil, than you add the ground beef, brown it for a bit than add some tomato sauce, bit of red wine and last the Rosemarie, and the broccoli, it don't need the broccoli but for health reasons I would say its essential, then turn to low heat and let simmer (don't really know if this is a real bolognese sauce, but I think its close enough). Salt your boiling water for the polenta and when it comes to a boil, stir in the polenta slowly a bit at a time so it don't clump up, but if it does it just adds more texture to the dish. When the polenta starts to look like bubbling porridge its ready ( I'm using a instant polenta mix so it only takes 3 minutes ). Spread it on a plate then add the bolognese sauce, garnish with parsley, parmigiano reggiano cheese, and a splash of olive oil. add salt and pep to taste.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Chris the dish look very colorful.
I am sure taste good too.

test it comm said...

I like the sound of bolognese on polenta.