Polenta del sud con cime di rapa piccanti e provola

From the recipe book of Casalinga Luciana.

From the recipe book of Casalinga Luciana.

Ingredients

- 750 ml Water
- 170g yellow flour
- 1 jar of turnip tops in oil
- 200g white scamorza
- Salt to taste
- Parmesan or grated pecorino to taste
- Butter to taste

  • Cooking time

    1 hour

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Cost

Preparation

- Bring the lightly salted water to the boil in a terracotta or steel pot with a thick bottom
- Pour in the flour little by little, stirring with the help of a whisk
- Lower the heat and continue stirring, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan well
- As soon as it starts to boil, cover with the lid and reduce the heat to minimum
- Cook for 40 minutes and turn the polenta every 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid and continue cooking for another 10 minutes, stirring often
- Turn off the heat, and when cooked, the polenta must be soft and not compact
- In the meantime, drain the turnip greens very well and squeeze them lightly
- Chop the turnip tops but not too finely
- Cut the provola into small cubes
- Add the turnip greens and provola to the polenta and mix everything well so that the provola mixes well with the polenta
- Season with salt and
- Butter a 30x18 cm baking pan and pour the mixture into it
- Sprinkle with a nice sprinkling of parmesan or grated pecorino
- Bake at 230° in a fan oven for around 15/20 minutes until it has reached a nice golden color and a crust has formed on the surface
- Let the pan rest outside the oven for about 10 minutes before portioning it and serving it

Suggestions

It is important that when cooked, the polenta is not too compact and still densely fluid, so that if you turn the pot upside down, the polenta spills. If this is not the case, towards the end of cooking, add hot water little by little to soften it.
BE CAREFUL not to overdo it with salt as the cheese releases salt as it melts.
Turnip greens are spicy
You can sprinkle with both Grana and pecorino.