Fried polenta slices with pistachio butter and cherries

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Organic Lemon
  • 400 ml Milk
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 100 g Polenta (corn semolina)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Oil
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Pistachio kernels
  • 2 discs White or toast bread (2-3 days old)
  • 1 glass (370 ml) Cherries
  • 1/2 package Vanilla sauce powder
  • 2 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the lemon with hot water, rub dry and grate the peel. Bring milk, lemon rind, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 pinch of salt to the boil. Stir in the polenta with a wooden spoon. Simmer at low heat while stirring for about 20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Coat a small baking tray or a flat square tin (approx. 20 x 30 cm) with oil. Pour in polenta about 2 cm high, smooth it down and let it cool down. Cover and leave to set in the fridge for about 1 hour.

  3. 3

    Chop the pistachios. Dice bread, grind in the universal chopper. Mix with 1 tablespoon of sugar.

  4. 4

    Drain the cherries and collect the juice. Take off 4 tablespoons of juice, boil the rest with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Stir sauce powder and 4 tablespoons of juice until smooth. Stir into the boiling juice and simmer for about 1 minute. Stir in cherries.

  5. 5

    Beat the eggs. Cut polenta into approx. 8 strips. First pull it through the eggs, then turn it in the bread mixture, press it down a little. Heat butter in a large pan. Fry the polenta slices for approx. 6 minutes until golden brown.

  6. 6

    1 minute before the end of the frying time, roast the pistachios as well. Arrange everything, dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
430 kcal
CARBS
60 g
FATS
15 g
PROTEINS
12 g

Categories & Tags

Dessertvery easyinexpensive