Polenta

🥘 Ingredients

• water 6 cups
• kosher salt 2 tsp
• bay leaf 1
• coarse cornmeal 1 ½ cups
• whole milk 1 cup
• grated Parmesan 1 cup
• unsalted butter 3 Tbs
• black pepper ½ tsp

1. 1

   Bring water to a boil in a heavy saucepan with kosher salt and bay leaf .
2. 2

   Whisk coarse cornmeal into @&( timer in a slow steady stream.
3. 3

   Cook @&( timer over low heat, stirring often, for 40 min , loosening it with whole milk as it thickens.
4. 4

   Beat grated Parmesan , unsalted butter , and black pepper into @&( timer off the heat.