Creamy Polenta with Mushrooms

Name: Creamy Polenta with Mushrooms
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 cup coarse polenta; 4 cups water or vegetable stock; 50g butter; 100g parmesan, grated; salt and pepper to taste; 400g mixed mushrooms, sliced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp fresh thyme; balsamic and fresh parsley to serve

A Northern Italian-inspired polenta bowl, creamy and rich, topped with sautéed mushrooms and grated parmesan.

Total time

35 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupcoarse polenta

4 cupswater or vegetable stock

50gbutter

100gparmesan, grated

salt and pepperto taste

400gmixed mushrooms, sliced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

2 tbspolive oil

1 tbspfresh thyme

balsamic and fresh parsleyto serve

Instructions

Bring liquid to a boil. Whisk in polenta.

Cook 25 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in butter and parmesan. Season.

Sauté mushrooms in oil with garlic and thyme 8 minutes.

Spoon polenta into bowls. Top with mushrooms.

Drizzle with balsamic and scatter parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

285

Protein

13g

Fat

24.5g

Carbs

5.5g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

389mg

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