Cooking by the warm light of the kitchen.
LanternKitchen
Recipes / Italian / Wood-Fired Polenta and Olives
Wood-Fired Polenta and Olives
Italian Free recipe

Wood-Fired Polenta and Olives

4.6 (310 ratings)

Our Polenta leans on extra-virgin olive oil and patience: deeply savory and worth the wait, then finished and Olives.

Prep
18 min
Cook
30 min
Servings
6
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients

What you'll need

  • 1 lb polenta
  • 4 oz extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup garlic
  • 2 tbsp Parmesan
  • 1 cup fresh basil
  • 3 cloves kosher salt
  • 1 tsp cracked black pepper
  • to taste a squeeze of citrus
Method

Step by step

  1. Season the polenta generously and let it sit while you prep the aromatics.
  2. Build the base: cook the onion, garlic and spices until soft and fragrant.
  3. Add the polenta and cook it through, letting it take on color and soak up the seasoning.
  4. Rest briefly, adjust the salt and acid, and finish with fresh herbs before serving.
Keep cooking

More Italian

Herbed Linguine alla Vodka Free
Italian

Herbed Linguine alla Vodka

Deeply satisfying Linguine alla Vodka, simple ingredients treated with real care.

4.6 54 min Advanced
Roasted Arancini al Forno ● Members
Italian

Roasted Arancini al Forno

Roasted Arancini al Forno -- bright with acid and fresh herbs.

4.5 78 min Easy