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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in lowest third of oven. | 2. Arrange sweet potatoes on small baking sheet. Bake until tender, i.e., when knife pierces centers easily, approximately one hour. Cool potatoes slightly. Peel. | 3. Add sweet potatoes to food processor and puree. Add 2 tablespoons of milk and puree until smooth. Set aside. | 4. Add remaining milk, stock, salt, pepper, and nutmeg to simmer in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in cornmeal gradually. Cook until mixture thickens to consistency of mashed potatoes, stirring constantly, about 10 minutes. Stir in potato puree and 4 tablespoons butter. | 5. Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Spoon polenta into prepared pan, spreading to thickness of 1 inch; smooth top with spatula that has been dipped in water. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours. | 6. Up to one day ahead of cooking: line large baking sheet with waxed paper. Remove plastic covering polenta. Using assorted 2- to 3-inch cookie cutter shapes (stars, diamonds, crescents, triangles, etc.) dipped in water, cut polenta. Using a spatula, carefully transfer to prepared sheet. Cover and refrigerate polenta shapes until ready to cook. | 7. To cook: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add 1/3 of polenta shapes and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining butter and polenta in 2 batches. Transfer to platter and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
potato	1 1/2	1/2	sweet	-	-	-	-
milk	1 1/4	1/4	divided	690.0	16.62	6.87	71.52
broth	1 1/2	cups	canned	17.625	4.512	0.0	0.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
nutmeg	1/2	teaspoon	grated	5.775	0.5422	0.0642	0.3994
yellow cornmeal	1 3/4	3/4		713.09	150.0478	17.6778	7.2589999999999995
butter	10	tablespoons	unsalted divided	1018.14	0.0852	1.207	115.1762

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.