Thursday, September 30, 2010

Polenta Nests


Serves 4

Ingredients:
6 cups vegetable stock
1 1/2 cups corn meal (polenta)
2 teaspoons celery seed
3 Tbsp butter
2 leeks, white part only, thinly sliced
9 oz fontina cheese, cubed

Instructions:
1. Pour vegetable stock into a large pot and bring to a boil.

2. Add polenta and celery seed and stir evenly. Reduce heat, and simmer for 20-25 minutes, stirring frequently. (You want to try and get the polenta as smooth as possible).
3. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat, then add sliced leeks. Stir frequently and cook until leeks are soft and wilted.
4. Add the fontina and stir a few times until cheese is slightly gooey. Remove from heat.

5. Scoop the polenta onto plates in next shapes and top with leek and cheese mixture.

I made this for lunch today and just finished eating it. It was delicious, yet it had very few ingredients and was very quick and easy to make. As always, I am a fan of most things where cheese is involved, so I enjoyed this meal.

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