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Zemplín-style polenta with melted butter
Thick polenta cooked in salted water and topped with melted butter. This simple dish from Slovakia's Zemplín region serves 4.
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- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Total time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Cuisine
- Slovak
Zemplín-style polenta with butter is a simple dish from eastern Slovakia made with just four ingredients. Stir the polenta (cornmeal grits) into boiling salted water and cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Spoon it onto plates and drizzle with melted butter. It is a filling, inexpensive meal for four that takes just minutes to prepare.
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Bring the salted water to a boil. Pour in the polenta, stirring constantly, and cook until thick.
Divide the polenta among plates, drizzle with melted butter, and serve.
Tip: Pour the polenta into the water in a thin stream, whisking immediately to prevent lumps. Once it thickens, switch to a wooden spoon and stir along the bottom of the pot.
Nutrition facts
Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients
- Energy
- 446 kcal
- Protein
- 4.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 50 g
- of which sugars
- 1.0 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- of which saturates
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 2.4 g
- Salt
- 2.9 g
Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.
This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kukuričná kaša s maslom po zemplínsky
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