SIMPLE POLENTA

Here’s the recipe for the simplest polenta. It’s made with salted water and a
bit of butter. Made this way it’s about 20 cents per one cup serving. It doesn’t
get much more frugal and fabulous than that!

Servings: 8 servings

Author:

Cook Time
20 minutes

Total Time
20 minutes

Course:

Cuisine:

American Italian

Keywords:

Vegetarian Gluten Free frugal Frugal and Fast

🧂 Ingredients

6 cups water
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups corn meal
1 Tablespoon butter

Instructions

1 Bring the water to a boil and add the salt then reduce the heat to low.
2 Add the cornmeal in a steady slow stream whisking constantly to avoid lumps.
3 Keep stirring with the pan on low heat until it's really thick. Be careful
because it will bubble and splash! This might take 20 minutes or so.
4 Add the butter as it thickens. You can tell it’s done when it pulls away from
the sides of the pot.
5 When it’s ready you can serve it right from the pot or spread in a greased 9x13
pan and allow it to cool.
6 THAT’S IT!!! No baking, nothing... let it sit about 10 minutes before cutting it
into squares. Cut pan into 12-15 squares. You can top polenta with all kinds of
good stuff!! Divalicious!