When I prepare a based polenta dish like polenta with mushrooms or polenta with bruscitti for a good lunch, usually I cook a quantity of polenta in excess in order to prepare for the dinner a delicious Italian recipe that is like a lasagna made of slice of polenta alternated with slices of ham and fontina (Italian Cheese). I love so much this delicious recipe!
INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)250 g of Maize flour
1 liter of Water
1 / 2 Tablespoon of salt
50 g of Parmesan
150 g of Fontina (Italian Cheese)
200 g of Ham
30 g of butter
200 g of Rocket
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes
COOKING TIME: 1 hour and 20 minutes
WINE: Valle d'Aosta Chambave rosso Doc (Red Wine)
PREPARATIONIn a pot of copper put the water and let it warm. Before water boils, sprinkle the maize flour into the water and begin to stir with a wood-spoon.
Continue to stir for about 40 minutes until polenta become thick.
Place a towel in a pan and sprinkle it with some maize flour then put over it the polenta and let it cool. Preheat the oven to 180-200 °C.
When the polenta is cool, cut it in slice 1 – 1,5 cm thick.
Then prepare the slices of fontina (Italian Cheese) and the slices of ham.
Cover the surface of a baking tin with a sheet of baking paper, make a layer with the slices of polenta
and over a layer with the slice of fontina, ham and some parmesan.
Then make another layer with polenta and another with fontina, ham and parmesan. When the baking tin is full cover with the last layer of polenta and sprinkle with parmesan and some pieces of butter.
Bake for about 30 – 40 minutes or until the surface of polenta becomes golden.
Serve it hot with some rocket.
This is the result:
BUON APPETITO!
Labels: first course, polenta
# posted by Elena @ 5:48 AM
