You may also like
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 cup coarse cornmeal, plus more for tablecloth
- 1 1/4 cups fine cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Beans and sausage (see recipe)
Method
- Add the salt to 6 cups of water in a pot, and bring to boil over high heat.
- Very slowly sift in alternating handfuls of coarse and fine cornmeal, whisking constantly.
- Add the butter, reduce heat to low and stir with a wooden spoon until the polenta peels cleanly off the sides of the pot as it is stirred, about 20 minutes.
- Make a circle of coarse cornmeal 15 inches in diameter on a tablecloth, and spread the polenta over it to a thickness of 3/4 inch.
- Top with 4 cups of the beans and sausage and serve on the tablecloth.
