CHEFS' RECIPES

Buckwheat polenta

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 15 mins, cook 1 hour (plus chilling)



100 gm   butter, coarsely chopped
250 gm   buckwheat polenta (see note)
100 gm   finely grated parmesan
Gorgonzola sauce
600 ml   thickened cream
200 gm   Gorgonzola piccante


1 Combine butter and 1.6 litres of water in a large heavy-based saucepan and bring to the simmer over medium-high heat. Gradually rain in polenta, whisking continuously, then reduce heat to low and cook, stirring continuously, until thick and smooth and no longer grainy (30-45 minutes). Add parmesan (reserving 1 tbsp), season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and pour into an oiled 25cm-square cake pan. If polenta doesn’t have a silky pouring consistency, add 100ml boiling water to thin. Cool, refrigerate until firm (2-3 hours) then, using a 9.5cm-diameter pastry cutter, cut into rounds.
2 Meanwhile, for Gorgonzola sauce, combine ingredients in a saucepan, bring to the simmer over low heat, remove from heat and gently whisk to combine. Refrigerate until completely cold (1-1½ hours).
3 Preheat oven to 230C. Place a polenta round in the centres of six buttered, heatproof shallow bowls. Spoon sauce onto polenta without spilling, scatter over remaining parmesan and bake on bottom shelf until golden (12-15 minutes). Serve immediately.

Note Buckwheat polenta is available from The Essential Ingredient.

RECIPE Robert Marchetti, Giuseppe, Arnaldo & Sons PHOTOGRAPHY Sharyn Cairns STYLING Emma Knowles

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