My review from December 10, 2011
I did the Tuscan Beef with Polenta today, forgetting Cookie had already done it. I did half the recipe which would make 4 serves here and luckily I had cut the peppercorns to just 1 tsp before I read Cookies' review. I used blade steak which was perfectly cooked in the time but like Cookie, my 4mm slices of carrot were still not quite cooked enough for me. Will slice them even finer next time.
For the first time I thought I would try some polenta but our shop didn't have the instant variety so I had to increase the cooking time (as per the EDC) to 30 minutes - forgot to halve this part of the recipe so I am left with a dish of polenta. What to do with that - Mr google is bound to help out.
It was a winner, I wouldn't bother with the Polenta again unless I could get the instant variety - only for the fact what I used took too long to cook.
December 12, 2011
With the leftover meat I made some pies and from the polenta I did some chips.. I only did half the recipe for us 2 and we have had 3 meals from it.
The first on polenta, the second with mashed potatoes and steamed vegies and there was enough leftover for two pies. I have frozen the other half of the leftover polenta for another recipe later but these chips are so good. You just toss or spray the chips with olive oil and fry until golden on all sides (takes a while to brown polenta), have a mixture of crushed garlic, chopped parsley and grated parmesan ready to toss them in when they are brown and the flavour is wonderful.
