Ellie and Sam Studd serve up a crave-worthy umami-rich comfort dish, made all the more special with the addition of a truly unique cheese.
50 polenta recipes that prove you can please everyone
Looking to expand your repertoire beyond mashed potato? Looking for alternatives to French fries, pizza bases and flour-based cakes? There’s one ingredient that covers all those bases and more.
Cosy up tonight with our roasted puttanesca sauce with polenta
This divine Italian dish can be easily made vegetarian, by omitting the anchovies.
Nonna's meatballs with polenta
"You can go down the path of mincing your own pork or buy it minced from a good producer. You want a nice amount of fat for texture and flavour, but not too much for a dish like meatballs or they will be mushy." – Joel Valvasori-Pereza
Herby polenta with corn, eggs and feta
If you’re hustling to get more of the good stuff into your repertoire, Yotam Ottolenghi’s low-maintenance polenta is here to serve. Made even more hearty with eggs and a blast of herbs, it’s the answer to breezy brunches or easy dinners.
Polenta with oven-roasted tomatoes and sweet sticky garlic
This is an easy recipe that will warm your heart. The combination of garlic and roasted tomato is hard to beat, says Bettina. This recipe is extracted from Happy Food by Bettina Campolucci Bordi (Hardie Grant, hbk, $34.99).
Prosciutto, cheddar and polenta frittata
With plenty of cheese and delicious prosciutto, this midweek meal is one the whole family will love. It's also makes for perfect lunch leftovers.
Chilli, bacon and corn polenta
This polenta recipe makes the perfect side dish in spring.
Zucchini and polenta slice with broccoli pesto
A healthy, green way to serve a slice up for summer.
Burnt lemon and rosemary polenta cake
Lovers of lemon, take note, this cake is definitely for you.
Veal girello with polenta and pea and broad bean salad
In this recipe, veal girello, a cut from the hind leg, is poached until beautifully tender and served with creamy polenta and a crunchy pea and broad bean salad.
St Clements polenta cake with blueberries
This best-of-British recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall is a simplified version of a Claudia Roden recipe. It uses whole, boiled citrus fruits, which are blitzed in a food processor, and blueberries, which add an extra burst of flavor.
Baked polenta with Gorgonzola
We aim to cheese, great for so much more than a platter at the end of a meal, cheese is the main event in this savoury wonder. .
Steak with fried polenta and pesto
Impress your dinner party guests with this surprisingly simple recipe for steak with fried polenta and pesto
Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips
The crispy polenta chips take this dish from mid-week meh to total crowd-pleaser.
Twice-baked polenta soufflés with Taleggio sauce
With the robust, earthy flavour of polenta, and the sharpness of rich Taleggio, you can't go wrong!