SAGE POLENTA WITH POACHED EGGS
Steps:
- PROCEDURE: For the cornmeal polenta add 1 cup each of milk and chicken stock to a deep, heavy bottomed pot and, just as it starts to simmer, turn the heat down a little bit and slowly add a scant 1/2 cup of cornmeal whisking as you go. Once all of the cornmeal has been added, turn the heat down to its lowest setting and switch to a wooden spoon for stirring. Use another saute pan, with no added oil, to cook 4-ounces of diced pancetta and one small, diced white onion. When the pancetta has started to crisp up and the onions have softened a bit, add a heaping Tbs of finely chopped sage and a crack of black pepper and let that go for another minute or two and then turn the heat off. Once the polenta is soft to the tooth, fold in 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, turn the heat off on that and all that is left is to poach the eggs. Crack each egg into an individual bowl, to make sure that the yolks aren't broken, before adding them to the simmering pot of water with a little splash of vinegar added to the water, to help hold the eggs together as they're poaching. Very carefully add one egg at a time to the simmering water and let them go for exactly 4 minutes so that they're still nice and soft on the inside when they're done. Make a well in the little pile of polenta on a plate and then spoon some of the pancetta and onions over the top of that and use a slotted utensil to place a poached egg right on top and finish with a sprinkling of grated parmesan and maybe even a crack of black pepper.
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