FRIED POLENTA CAKES

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These are great, I usually make my polenta and then make them into these cakes the next morning, delicious! This is an easy version of polenta too!

Provided by SoarInTheRain

Categories     Breakfast

Time 1h15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 quart water
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2-1 tablespoon fresh ground pepper
1 cup coarse-ground polenta
2 tablespoons butter
2 ounces parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a 1 to 1 1/2 quart oven-safe container, stir together water, salt, pepper, and polenta
  • Add butter to the mixture, cut up in chunks.
  • Place container, uncovered, in center rack of oven and bake 40 minutes.
  • Open oven, pull out rack, add parmesan, and any other ingredients like sun-dried tomatoes, olives, lemon zest, herbs, shallots, cilantro etc. and let bake another 10 minutes.
  • Pull out of oven and let rest in refrigerator 20 minutes to over-night.
  • In frying pan, on medium-high, heat oil.
  • Spoon about half a cup of polenta into the pan at a time, fry until golden brown on each side.
  • Let cakes rest about 3-5 minutes and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 284.4, Fat 17.7, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 27.8, Sodium 2023.8, Carbohydrate 24.6, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 0.3, Protein 8.1

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