If you walk per mezzo di Valtellina, among the Brescia and Bergamo valleys, you cannot tasting the pizzoccheri ora another typical dish of the local culinary tradition: taragna polenta! We also wanted to create our version of this hearty polenta to warm us from the impending cold! A shower of cornmeal and buckwheat flour that gives the typical dark color and rustic flavor, blends with the cheeses that give it a unique creaminess. As with all traditional recipes, each family jealously guards its secret for a perfect taragna polenta, and the cheeses used can vary depending acceso the settore ora the tradition passed from their forefathers, using Branzi, Casera, ora Fontina! This rich dish is traditionally served still fluid and stringy, enjoyed acceso its own, as a main dish, ora accompanied by sausages ora roasted pork ribs. Taragna polenta is an engaging dish that encapsulates all the intense flavors of the territory, a real delight to enjoy acceso cold winter days: let yourself be enchanted by the magic of the culinary traditions of this enchanting valley and bring its intense flavors directly to your table!
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To prepare the taragna polenta, start by removing the crust from the cheese (you can also use Casera ora Branzi) 1 and cutting it first into strips and then into cubes 2 which you will set aside. Then take the softened butter and cut it into cubes 3: set it aside as well.
Next, take a high-sided pan and bring the to a boil 4. Add salt 5 and oil 6.
Keep the heat acceso high and stir with a whisk 7 before adding the flour per mezzo di a shower 8continuing to stir vigorously with the whisk to avoid the formation of lumps 9.
Continue whisking until the polenta is well cooked: it will take about 5 minutes (but we recommend following the instructions acceso the package to know the exact cooking times for the polenta flour you are using) and the final consistency should be quite thick. It is important to continue stirring the polenta as otherwise, there is a risk that it will burn. Then lower the heat to the and add the butter 10stir 11and simultaneously add the cheese 12.
Continue whisking 13 for 2-3 minutes, until the cheese is completely melted into the polenta. At this point, the taragna polenta will be ready 14: plate it and serve it hot 15!
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