Soft Polenta with Field Mushrooms

I was watching t.v. the other day and The Cook and the Chef was on. This was the dish Maggie Beer was preparing.

Being winter and having had too many rainy days the past few weeks. The warm creamy soft polenta and earthy mushrooms were too enticing.

The recipe can be found here.

Polenta is basically ground cornmeal and when cooked produces a creamy porridge like consistency. There are different grades of coarseness and types of maize. I used a coarse yellow maize purely because thats what the deli stocked.

Also, there is different types of polenta: slow cooked, semi-instant and instant. Mine was a semi-instant polenta which takes 20minutes and constant stirring.

I love polenta for its nutritional value and how well it accompanies stews and anything saucy.

Try this dish, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to prepare and how satisfied you will be!