Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, swiss chard and mushroom polenta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have swiss chard and mushroom polenta using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta:

1. Prepare Cornmeal
2. Make ready Water or thin soup stock
3. Prepare Butter
4. Get Parmesan cheese (optional)
5. Make ready leaves Swiss chard
6. Get Button mushrooms
7. Take Pine nuts (or other nuts or seeds)
8. Prepare Onion
9. Take Olive oil
10. Take Salt and pepper

Instructions to make Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta:

1. Blanch the Swiss chard for a few minutes and then squeeze out the water. Cut into bite-size pieces.
2. Slice the mushrooms and onions.
3. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the onion until translucent and soft.
4. Add the mushrooms and pine nuts and stir-fry. Add the Swiss chard and lightly stir-fry. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Boil the water (or stock) in a pot. Stir the cornmeal, a little at a time, into the boiling water.
6. The cornmeal will thicken; stir constantly with a wooden spatula. Lower the heat and continue stirring.
7. After it's simmered for 20 minutes, add the butter and parmesan cheese (if desired) and mix. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Polenta becomes firm once it cools. You can then slice it and grill it. (The photo shows firm polenta that I made with 600 ml of water).

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