Italian Food Recipes

Polenta is a typical dish of the Northern part of Italy. It has itself a bland taste but if you match it with something with a tasty flavour, you can obtain a delicious Italian recipe. In the recipe below polenta is matched with Porcini, mushrooms with a very good taste. So you can prepare a delicious dish!








INGREDIENTS FOR POLENTA (for 4 people)
500 g of Maize flour
2 liter of Water
1 Tablespoon of salt

INGREDIENTS FOR MUSHROOMS
1 Kg of Porcini
1 / 4 Glass of Extra virgin olive oil
1 Clove of garlic
50 g of Parsley
30 g of Butter
1 Glass of white wine
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 – 40 minutes

WINE: Muller Thurgau (White Wine)

PREPARATION
In a pan place the extra virgin olive oil and the garlic and let it brown. Then if you use fresh mushrooms clean them with a knife and a towel, cut into pieces and put in the pan,

instead if you use frozen mushrooms, place them directly frozen in the pan.
Let them cook for about 5-10 minutes then add the parsley, the butter

and stir until the butter is melted. Now add the wine and let it evaporated. Cook for about 30 - 40 minutes. If the sauce of mushrooms is too reduced add some water during the cooking.
In the meantime you can prepare polenta. In a pot of copper put the water with salt 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.


When mushrooms and polenta are ready place them in a platter and serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!