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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have polenta beef casserole using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Polenta Beef Casserole:
Take For The Polenta
Take 750 ml water
Make ready 500-700 g Green cabbage, shredded
Take 120 g yellow cornmeal
Take to taste Salt
Get For The Mince Beef
Make ready 1 drizzle of olive oil
Prepare 1 medium onion, diced
Make ready 3 medium carrots, grated
Take 1 celery stalk, diced
Take 500 g mince beef
Get 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Make ready 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Take 2 tbsp mixed dried herbs
Prepare 1 oxo cube
Take 120 ml red wine
Prepare 1 can tinned tomatos
Take to taste Salt
Prepare to taste Ground black pepper
Prepare Bechamel Sauce
Get 3 tbsp butter
Make ready 2 tbsp plain flour
Make ready 250 ml milk
Take to taste Salt
Take to taste Ground black pepper
Get Pinch nutmeg
Prepare Grated parmesan cheese, to sprinkle on top
This is a polenta casserole with a typical Italian ragu di carne. Baked polenta with fontina cheese, basil and tomato sauce. We came across this baked polenta recipe in an old Bon Appetit. This casserole can be assembled in the time it takes for the oven to heat up.
Steps to make Polenta Beef Casserole:
In a saucepan bring to the boil 500ml of water with a pinch of salt. Add the cabbage and boil on medium for about 20 minutes or until cabbage is really soft.
In the meantime, heat the olive oil over medium heat-high heat and add the onion, carrots and celery. Sauté until vegetables are soft. Add the beef and season with salt and pepper. Then add the rest of the herbs and spices. Continue to cook until beef is no longer pink. Add in the wine, oxo cube, a splash of water and the tomatoes. Cook for about 45-60 minutes until vegetables and meat are really soft.
Mix the cornmeal with about 250ml of water to avoid it clumping together. Reduce the heat to low and add the soaked cornmeal to the cabbage pot, whisk well and continue to cook stirring regularly for about 20-25 minutes until cornmeal mixture has thickened.
To make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat and whisk in the flour and cook, stirring continously for about 2 minutes or so until mixture stars to bubble. Add in the milk and continuing to stir until the sauce has thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
To assemble, place the polenta into a greased baking tray and spread evenly. Layer with the meat and spread evenly again. Lastly pour over the bechamel sauce and spread over the mince. Sprinkle with the parmasan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180c.
We came across this baked polenta recipe in an old Bon Appetit. This casserole can be assembled in the time it takes for the oven to heat up. Cut the tube of polenta, make sure you season the Polenta Florentine. Slowly add polenta in a steady stream, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to the boil. Spoon onto plates and top with beef casserole.
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