Goat’s cheese polenta with asparagus and portobellos
Just a quick one today! Remember those gorgeous Greek stuffed tomatoes that Tara from Noshing With The Nolands brought over for you guys while I was on my honeymoon back in April? I’m so happy to be able to repay the favour by guest posting for her today while she’s off taking her own trip! I made this creamy goat’s cheese polenta with asparagus and portobello mushrooms – literally a bowl full of comfort (…perhaps not literally, but you know what I mean).
This was actually only the second time I’ve used polenta – the first time was at a cookery course I went to the other week. There, we made deep-fried polenta chips (which were amazing, I might add), so this was actually my first time having creamy polenta like this. And although I’m still not a total convert to the texture of the polenta when eaten totally plain, it was a seriously comforting addition to the fresh, garlicky spring vegetables.
What’s your favourite way to serve polenta? I feel that now I’ve started using a new ingredient, I should continue to experiment with it!
If you’d like to read the recipe for this goat’s cheese polenta and a bit more of my spiel, head on over to Noshing With The Nolands!
mmmm i love creamy polenta. and with goat cheese?! perfection!
We use loads of polenta in our house and goats cheese polenta is such an understated and gorgeous combination! X
Ooh, I forgot about polenta! This sounds so creamy and delicious, especially with the bright vegetables for contrast. It’s clearly time to break the bag of cornmeal out of the freezer. :)
You can get frozen polenta?!
Not exactly–I just keep all my dry grains in the freezer to deter pantry moths etc. So the dry cornmeal still requires a boil!
Clever!
Becca … I recently found your blog and have been enjoying your recipes … thank you for sharing!!
I live in the US and have yet to find a reliable online calculator to convert grams to ounces … do you have any suggestions?
Thanks for any suggestions!
Thanks Sue! :)
Grams to ounces is actually a really easy conversion! Much easier than using cups or anything like that. 100g is roughly 3.5oz, but if you literally just google ‘grams to ounces’, there’s a built-in converter that pops up :) hope that helps!
Thanks Becca!!
Can’t wait to try this recipe.
That looks delicious! I love polenta, but I’ve never tried it with goat cheese–will have to do so ASAP! :)