How to Make Perfect Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive 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 tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have swiss chard and mushroom polenta using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Swiss Chard and Mushroom Polenta:

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