Creamy Polenta

Ingredients

• •4 cups water
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •1 cup polenta
• •2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Bring water and salt to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan, then add polenta in a thin stream, whisking. Cook over moderate heat, whisking, 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cover pan, then cook at a bare simmer, stirring with a long-handled spoon for 1 minute after every 10 minutes of cooking, 45 minutes total. Remove from heat and whisk in butter until incorporated.

   45 min

2. 2.

   Serve polenta warm.

   1 min