Polenta And Greens

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 3 cups water
• 1 lb greens (kale, collards, or broccoli di rape are the best. here in romania i use curly cabbage)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 -6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon of crushed hot pepper
• salt

Recipe

• 1 wash and dry your greens and slice them into very thin ribbons. you don't really need to slice broccoli di rape if you are using that.
• 2 bring water to a boil with some salt.
• 3 add cornmeal slowly and mix rapidly for about 4 minutes. turn heat to low and let simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring to avoid burning. take off the heat.
• 4 in a skillet heat the olive oil on meidum heat. and add the garlic (the more the better). saute for about two minutes.
• 5 add the greens, salt, and hot pepper. saute until the greens are wilted but still have good color.
• 6 serve the greens on top of the polenta.
• 7 a tomato salad is good with this.