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Polenta with Mushroom Sauce

Polenta served with creamy herb filled mushroom sauce. This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Polenta with Mushroom Sauce
Main Ingredients Polenta, Button mushrooms
Cuisine Fusion
Course Main Course Vegetarian
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 31-40 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Polenta with Mushroom Sauce

  • 3/4 cup Polenta
  • 7-8 Button mushrooms
  • 4-5 Dried oyster mushrooms soaked
  • 1 cup Vegetable stock
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 8 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • to taste Salt
  • 2 tablespoons Garlic crushed
  • 1/4 teaspoon Crushed black peppercorns
  • 4 tablespoons Fresh cream
  • 25 grams Processed cheese
  • 1 sprig fresh curly parsley
  • 1 sprig Fresh thyme
  • 1 sprig Fresh mint leaves

Method

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  1. Pour vegetable stock in a deep non-stick pan. Add ¼ cup milk and heat. Slice mushrooms thinly.
  2. Add polenta to the vegetable stock mixture, and cook stirring continuously. Add 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil, black pepper powder and salt and mix well. Add ¼ cup milk and mix again.
  3. Grease a baking dish with a little oil, transfer the polenta into it and spread evenly. Drizzle 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil over and bake in preheated oven at 180° C for 10 minutes.
  4. Heat 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil in a shallow non-stick pan, add garlic and sauté for ½ minute. Add button mushrooms and salt. Roughly chop oyster mushrooms and add and sauté. Add crushed black peppercorns and mix. Add cream and mix.
  5. Slice cheese, break into small pieces and add to the pan. Chop parsley and thyme and add to the pan and cook till almost dry.
  6. Remove polenta from the oven and upturn on a plate. Cut a roundel using a large round cookie cutter and place it on a serving plate along with the cutter.
  7. Put the mushroom sauce over it. Gently remove the cutter, garnish with a sprig of fresh mint and serve hot.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1648
Carbohydrates 45.2
Protein 18.2
Fat 1537
Other Fiber Calcium- 389
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