RCI-BR.006.0445.001

Polenta Pie

Name: Polenta Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Zambian
Ingredients: 1 cup / 150 g cornmeal / polenta; 1½ cups / 350 ml stock; 2 tablespoons / 50 g margarine; 1 small onion (sliced); 1 clove garlic (crushed); ½ pound / 225 g cooked chicken (cut in small pieces, ground / minced beef or cooked lentils, or a mixture of meat and vegetables); 1 tablespoon flour; 1 unit handful fresh cilantro / coriander leaves (chopped); ½ teaspoon basil; ½ - 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 unit salt; 1 unit pepper

Polenta is an Italian term for a type of corn meal used in northern Italy, and pizza base was origin

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

/ 150 g cornmeal / polenta
1 cup
/ 350 ml stock
1½ cups
/ 50 g margarine
2 tablespoons
onion
sliced
1 small
garlic
crushed
1 clove
/ 225 g cooked chicken
cut in small pieces, ground / minced beef or cooked lentils, or a mixture of meat and vegetables
½ pound
flour
1 tablespoon
handful fresh cilantro / coriander leaves
chopped
1 unit
basil
½ teaspoon
lemon juice
½ - 1 teaspoon
salt
1 unit
pepper
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Polenta Pie

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