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POLENTA AND PORK

Greg Calejo

Polenta:
More than
a meal.
 

Polenta, a versatile dish made from cornmeal, is both good for you and easy-to-make. Polenta can be served as a meal or you can add vegetables or meat to turn it into a feast. Here is how to prepare polenta with pork fillets.

CHEDDAR POLENTA
Serves four

  • 1 cup coarse ground cornmeal

  • 4 cups chicken broth

  • 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped

  • 1 red bell pepper finely chopped

  • 2 tsp. hot sauce (optional)

  • 2/3 cup medium sharp white cheddar cheese, cubed

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • 2 tbsp. unsalted butter

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Sauté onion and bell pepper in medium-size saucepan with butter until they are soft. Use medium heat. This will take about four minutes. Add chicken broth and hot sauce to the pan. Bring to a boil. Pour in cornmeal in a slow and steady stream while stirring with a whisk. Reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for about five minutes or until cornmeal thickens. Uncover and stir in cheddar cheese with the whisk until the mixture is smooth. Cover and reduce heat to simmer while you cook the pork fillets. This will make a delicious meal that your family and friends will request again and again.

ISLAND-STYLE PORK or CHICKEN FILLETS
Serves four

  • 8 thin centre-cut boneless pork chop or chicken fillets

  • 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice

  • 4 tbsp. olive oil

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed

  • Sprinkle of cumin

  • 1 tsp. salt

  • 1 tsp. fresh ground pepper

Combine all ingredients to make a marinade. Pour the marinade over fillets until they are well covered on both sides. Allow fillets to marinate for one hour. Then, coat bottom of a skillet lightly with olive oil. Pat dry fillets with a paper towel. Add fillets to hot skillet and cover and cook over a medium-high heat. Sear for about three minutes or until fillets begin to cook through. Uncover skillet and flip fillets. Cook uncovered for an additional two minutes. Remove cooked fillets from skillet and allow fillets to cool for about five minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve cheddar polenta and fillets with your favourite salad or green vegetable, a nice loaf of bread and a glass of wine or fruit juice.

 

GLOSSARY:
feast: festín, comilona, banquete; broth: caldo; tbsp = tablespoon: cucharada (de sopa);  sauté onion: cebolla salteada o ligeramente frita; tsp = teaspoon: cucharadita (de té); marinade: adobo, escabeche; coat: recubrir, bañar; sear: dorar (por separado); flip: dar vuelta (panqueques).

TEACHER'S HELP:
My favourite food
Divide the class into pairs and get the students to tell each other about their favourite foods. Individually or in pairs get them to write up their favourite recipes. Encourage them to use the recipes in Cuentos en Inglés as models.

Write a cook book
Ask students to rewrite and illustrate their recipes so that they can be contained in a class cook book. If possible make copies for each student.
 

Pulsa aquí para consultar una lista de COOKING VERBS (verbos de cocina) con audio y presentación bilingüe.
 

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