Polenta with Zucchini

🍽️ Course: First Course
⚡ Difficulty: Easy
⏱️ Preparation time: Quick
⏲️ Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes
🔥 Cooking method: Oven and stovetop

Ingredients:

• 400 g zucchini
• 250 g fine cornmeal (Marano type) – La Veronese
• 100 g Grana cheese
• 40 g butter
• 2 cloves garlic
• Parsley
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Preparazione:

Wash and cut the zucchini into cubes. In a pan with olive oil and a bit of butter, sauté the garlic until golden, then add the zucchini and cook until lightly browned. At the end of cooking, sprinkle with chopped parsley.

For the polenta: Bring 1 liter of water to a boil, add salt, and gradually pour in the cornmeal while whisking vigorously. Continue cooking for about 40 minutes.

Once cooked, pour the polenta into a baking dish in a layer about 4 cm thick. Sprinkle half of the grated Grana cheese, spread the zucchini over it, and top with the remaining cheese. Place the dish in a preheated oven at 200°C and bake until golden. Remove from the oven and serve by cutting into squares.