Basic Polenta

Polenta can be presented in many ways. At its most rustic, the boiling golden porridge is turned out directly onto a scrubbed tabletop and gilded with spit-roasted quail. Everyone sits around the table enjoying the polenta enriched with the quail-roasting juices. More commonly, the cooked polenta is turned into a bowl or shallow baking dish and allowed to set solid. It is then unmoulded, cut into slices and grilled with olive oil, before being served alongside grilled calves’ liver or quail