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Creamy Polenta Breakfast Bowl with Peaches

Soft milk-cooked polenta finished with butter and served warm with drained tinned peaches, toasted almonds and cinnamon.

Creamy Polenta Breakfast Bowl with Peaches. Soft milk-cooked polenta finished with butter and served warm with drained tinned peaches, toasted almonds and cinnamon.
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Prep 5 minCook 12 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 110 g fine quick-cooking polenta (dry)
  • 400 ml milk (412 g)
  • 230 ml water (230 g)
  • 200 g canned peaches in juice, drained and sliced
  • 38 g almonds, roughly chopped
  • 16 g honey
  • 10 g unsalted butter
  • 1 g ground cinnamon

Method

  1. Toast the almonds in a dry pan over medium heat for 2-3 minutes until fragrant, then tip them onto a plate.
  2. Bring the milk and water to a bare simmer in a medium saucepan. Watch it: milk climbs the pan the moment it boils properly.
  3. Rain in the polenta with one hand while whisking with the other, then drop the heat to low.
  4. Cook 5-8 minutes, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until the polenta is thick enough to fall from the spoon in a soft ribbon. If it stiffens past that, beat in a splash more milk.
  5. Stir in the cinnamon and the butter until the butter has melted through, then spoon into two bowls and top with the peaches, almonds and honey.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

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