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Creamy Polenta with Peaches and Yoghurt

Fine polenta whisked into hot milk until it thickens to a soft spoonable porridge, with tinned peaches warmed through and yoghurt stirred in at the table.

Creamy Polenta with Peaches and Yoghurt. Fine polenta whisked into hot milk until it thickens to a soft spoonable porridge, with tinned peaches warmed through and yoghurt stirred in at the table.
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Prep 5 minCook 15 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

  • 90 g fine polenta, labelled gluten free
  • 500 ml milk (515 g)
  • 200 ml water (200 g)
  • 220 g canned peaches in juice, drained and sliced
  • 120 g plain greek-style yoghurt
  • 20 g honey
  • 1 g ground cinnamon
  • 0.5 g iodised table salt

Method

  1. Bring the milk, water and salt to a bare simmer in a saucepan.
  2. Pour the polenta in a thin steady stream with one hand while whisking with the other. Tipping it in all at once is how you get lumps, and they do not whisk out afterwards.
  3. Cook 8-10 minutes over low heat, stirring often with a wooden spoon and scraping the base. It is ready when it falls thickly off the spoon and no longer tastes chalky.
  4. Warm the peaches with the cinnamon in a small pan for 2 minutes.
  5. Spoon the polenta into bowls, add the peaches and a spoonful of yoghurt, and thread the honey over. It thickens fast as it sits, so serve it looser than looks right.

Serve

Polenta sets solid in the fridge. Leftovers are better sliced and fried than reheated.

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.

Where these temperatures come from