Name: Polenta with Eggs and Ham
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) Parmesan cheese, grated; 50 g (2 oz) butter; 275 g (10 oz) raw or cured ham, cut into small pieces; 450 g (1 lb) cooked polenta; 12 eggs, beaten

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Potty!

By Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 2010

About

Polenta is yellow or white coarse maize flour used as a staple in Italy and, curiously, in Eritrea where the cooking is heavily influenced by its Italian period of occupation. Buy the easy-to-prepare yellow variety and make it according to the packet instructions. White polenta is too soft for this dish.

Ingredients

450 g (1 lb) cooked polenta
50 g (2

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7. Butter a large shallow oven dish, then cut your polenta into strips, and arrange some of these over the base. Cover this layer with bits of ham, some of the grated cheese, dabs of butter and some beaten egg.

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