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Italian Grandmas Make Soft, Perfect Polenta with Meat Sauce

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Soft, Perfect Polenta with Meat Sauce | Italian Grandma Cookingg
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In this PIATTOโ„ข video recipe, we have Italian Grandma cooking at its best! Italian Grandma Margherita and Italian Grandma Lulu will show us how to make polenta, Italian style. Grandma Lulu makes the meat sauce with mushrooms, tomato and herbs that she’s been serving on polenta for decades. Grandma Margherita shows how to make an easy, creamy Italian polenta recipe that does not require constant stirring or hovering over a stovetop. Perfect polenta, every time.

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INGREDIENTS (SERVES 6)
Sauce
meat (1.5 lbs / 800 g) made up ofโ€ฆ
* sausages: 2
* pork ribs – 4
* stew pork + beef – 1 lb / 400 g
* pancetta – 2 slices (about 200 g)

garlic – 2 cloves
fresh red chili pepper – small fresh or to taste
onion – 1 small
tomato purรฉe – 35 oz / 1 kgย 
tomato paste – 2 tbsp
red wine – cup
fresh herbs/aromatics to flavor meat :
* carrot – 1 small
* celery – 1 rib
* sage – 1 fresh leaf
* rosemary – 1 sprig
* bay leaf – 1
* parsley – handful
sautรฉed mushrooms – 1.5 cups / 300 g (prepared before)
fine salt – 1 tsp or to taste
black pepper – to taste
olive oil – as needed

Polenta (No-Stir)
* polenta – 2 cups / 300 g
* water – 8 cups / 2 liters
* olive oil – 2 tbsp
* pecorino romano cheese – 2 tbsp (grated) or to taste
* sauce (see above ) –ย 3 tbsp

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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0:00 – grandmas’ intro
0:43 – polenta sauce ingredients
1:14 – prepare the meat
2:38 – cook the meat
3:14 – prepare polenta sauce
3:54 – cook polenta sauce
4:03 – add mushrooms to sauce
4:16 – polenta ingredients
4:39 – prepare the polenta
5:28 – cook the polenta
5:58 – finish the polenta
6:19 – plating the polenta for the family
7:46 – credits

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