I made Polenta with Bolognese sauce for the first time last night and it was delicious! I love all things food (you could tell by my package from Amazon today), if I could make a living cooking, writing about cooking or entertaining I would have the perfect job!
I was watching Food Network over the weekend, the show, The Best Thing I Ever Made. Chef Michael Chiarello made a polenta and bolognese sauce (a quick version). I used that as my jumping off point and went from there.
I used one cup of polenta into 4 1/2 cups of water. Cook according to package. I added a splash of heavy cream, fontina, pecorino romano, tablespoon of butter and freshly grated nutmeg (next time I'll add a bit more). It was creamy and a lovely pale yellow!
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For the bolognese sauce I started with cubed pancetta (already purchased like that I think a 4 oz package) and got that nice and crispy, add 1/2 an onion until they are soft, two cloves of chopped garlic, a small packaged of porcini mushrooms that I reconstituted and chopped, cook that for a couple minutes. I added about 1/2 cup of white wine to deglaze the pot. When that cooks down I added one 28 oz can of tomato puree. Then some chicken base, pepper, and few red pepper flakes. I cooked for about an hour and then added pecorino romano at the end.
Spoon the bolognese over the polenta and enjoy! This sauce would be wonderful over fresh pasta too!
image from here.
See you soon!
Susan
You know how the Amazon box has a smile on it? I smiled when I saw it on my porch today! I got Ina's, Fool Proof and Daphne Oz's new book, Relish. Both beautiful and I'm enjoying going through them. I would love to write a book, is that crazy?
