Name: Oven-Roasted Polenta with Poached Eggs
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup Medium Ground Cornmeal; 4 cup Water; 1 cup Milk; 1 tablespoon Butter; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; to taste Egg; 1 splash Distilled White Vinegar; to taste Shaved Parmesan Cheese; to taste Sea Salt; to taste Ground Black Pepper; to taste Truffle Oil

Oven-baking polenta is game-changing: just throw it in the oven, give it a stir 40 minutes later, bake it for 20 minutes more. For years, I've made Mark Bittman's "Polenta without Fear", which is also simple, but I prefer the hands-off nature of the oven-baked version.

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Alexandra Stafford is the blogger behind Alexandra's Kitchen, a food blog featuring mostly simple, sometimes fussy but always seasonal recipes.

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Ingredients

Servings

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1 cup

Medium Ground Cornmeal

or Coarse Ground Cornmeal

4 cups

Water

up to 5

1 cup

Milk

1 Tbsp

Butter

or Olive Oil

1 tsp

Kosher Salt

to taste

Eggs

1 splash

Distilled White Vinegar

to taste

Shaved Parmesan Cheese

for serving

to taste

Sea Salt

to taste

Ground Black Pepper

for serving

to taste

Truffle Oil

for serving

(optional)

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CALORIES

105

FAT

3.4 g

PROTEIN

2.8 g

CARBS

15.7 g

Author's Notes

If you use 5 cups of water, it will take longer for the polenta to thicken up, but in the end, it will be ultra-creamy and delicious. Four cups still yields a creamy polenta, and it will allow the polenta to thicken more quickly. You can use all water if you don’t want to use any milk.

Cooking Instructions

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Step 1

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a large ovenproof skillet or Dutch oven. Pour in the Medium Ground Cornmeal (1 cup) , Water (4 cups) , Milk (1 cup) , Butter (1 Tbsp) and Kosher Salt (1 tsp) , and stir with a fork or whisk until blended. The mixture will not look emulsified.

Step 2

Bake uncovered for 40 minutes. Stir the polenta, taste, add salt if needed, and bake for another 10 to 20 minutes or longer—until it reaches the consistency you like. Remove from the oven, stir, and serve immediately or cover and keep warm until you are ready to serve.

Step 3

To poach eggs: bring a shallow saucepan filled with water to a boil. Crack Eggs (to taste) into individual ramekins or small bowls. Add Distilled White Vinegar (1 splash) to the water. Lower the heat so that the water is barely simmering. Slowly lower each ramekin to the water and pour out each egg. Set a timer for 4 minutes. When the eggs are done, transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate to drain briefly.

Step 4

To serve: Spoon polenta into bowls. Top with shavings of Shaved Parmesan Cheese (to taste) if desired, and top each mound of polenta with a poached egg. Season with a pinch of Sea Salt (to taste) and Ground Black Pepper (to taste) to taste. Drizzle with Truffle Oil (to taste) , if desired. Serve with mushrooms or greens on the side, if desired.

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