Polenta snacks with cold cuts and cheese
Traditional recipe in a pot and also with the Bimby.
An appetizer to prepare for an important dinner.
Easy and economical to make, it will surprise your guests.
Ideal for a meat-based dinner. You can prepare it in advance and when setting the table, it can already be present as a decoration.
You can serve them as an appetizer or aperitif,
But now let’s head to the kitchen to see how it’s done, it’s very simple.
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- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 5
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Autumn, Christmas
- Energy 186.10 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 5.40 (g) of which sugars 0.13 (g)
- Proteins 9.20 (g)
- Fat 14.38 (g) of which saturated 3.99 (g)of which unsaturated 4.39 (g)
- Fibers 0.82 (g)
- Sodium 513.28 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 160 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
Let’s go shopping
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup instant polenta
- 2 tbsps butter
- to taste salt
- 3.5 oz cooked ham
- 10 olives (green or black as preferred)
- 5 oz smoked provola cheese (in cubes)
Tools
What we need to do
- 1 Pot or the Bimby
- 20 Toothpicks
- 1 Knife
Steps
To do
With pot recipe, put the water on the heat with 1 teaspoon of salt.
When the water boils, remove the pot from the heat and pour the instant polenta gradually, stirring quickly with a whisk to avoid lumps.Put the pot back on the heat and cook the polenta for about 8 minutes on low heat.
Turn off the heat, add the butter, and stir so that it melts with the heat.
Since it’s instant polenta, it initially seems a bit more liquid.
Pour it onto a very large serving dish and let it cool until it solidifies.
Put the water in the bowl, along with the salt, bring to a boil: 6 min./212°F/speed 1.
With blades moving at speed 2, add instant polenta through the lid hole, mix: 20 sec./speed 3 scraping, and the butter.
Scrape to the bottom every now and then, leaving the spatula inserted and cook: 40 min./212°F/speed 2.
Since it’s instant polenta, it initially seems a bit more liquid.
Pour it onto a very large serving dish and let it cool until it solidifies. Turn the solidified polenta onto a work surface or another plate, and using a 1.5-inch pastry cutter, cut out triangles and cubes.
Place the chosen cold cut on the polenta shapes.
Skewer a piece of provola and an olive with a toothpick, and insert it into the middle of the polenta, going all the way through.
Here are the polenta, ham, and cheese snacks ready
Storage
Polenta snacks with cold cuts and cheese can be stored for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Polenta snacks with cold cuts and cheese can be stored for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Variations
Instead of polenta, you can use slices of sandwich bread.
FAQ
Polenta snacks with cold cuts and cheese
Can I not use olives?
Yes, you can replace them with pickles.
Yes, you can replace them with pickles.
