I didn't grow up in a house where we ate any kind of southern food, so I didn't try grits until I stayed at a friend's house over night, and her mom made us grits for breakfast. I loved them, promptly went home and told my mother that, and she just grimaced and said she wasn't going to make grits any time soon :). I still don't have grits, or polenta, very often, but when I do I always enjoy them, and this is a delicious recipe from Flour, Too. We had some short ribs along with the polenta, also from Flour, Too, but I am only going to feature the polenta. It's an easy recipe, and we gave them a 9, and each serving was 155 calories for 9 servings. Here's the easy recipe the way I did it:
3 c beef stock
2 c whole milk
3/4 t salt
1 c coarsely ground polenta
1 c freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Bring the stock, milk and salt to a boil. Whisk in the polenta in a slow, steady stream. Reduce the heat to very low and simmer, about 15 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan. Season to taste and serve.
Vicki, I still don't like grits. My mother made them a couple of times and I hate the texture. What is polenta? this looks like meat??? Love mom
ReplyDeleteGrits are polenta, and I said in the blog that we had short ribs with it
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