Easiest Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Polenta Beef Casserole
by Frank Berry
Polenta Beef Casserole
Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, polenta beef casserole. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook polenta beef casserole using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Polenta Beef Casserole:
Make ready For The Polenta
Take 750 ml water
Make ready 500-700 g Green cabbage, shredded
Prepare 120 g yellow cornmeal
Get to taste Salt
Take For The Mince Beef
Make ready 1 drizzle of olive oil
Make ready 1 medium onion, diced
Get 3 medium carrots, grated
Make ready 1 celery stalk, diced
Take 500 g mince beef
Get 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Take 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Get 2 tbsp mixed dried herbs
Prepare 1 oxo cube
Prepare 120 ml red wine
Prepare 1 can tinned tomatos
Get to taste Salt
Make ready to taste Ground black pepper
Make ready Bechamel Sauce
Make ready 3 tbsp butter
Take 2 tbsp plain flour
Get 250 ml milk
Prepare to taste Salt
Prepare to taste Ground black pepper
Get Pinch nutmeg
Prepare Grated parmesan cheese, to sprinkle on top
Steps to make Polenta Beef Casserole:
In a saucepan bring to the boil 500ml of water with a pinch of salt. Add the cabbage and boil on medium for about 20 minutes or until cabbage is really soft.
In the meantime, heat the olive oil over medium heat-high heat and add the onion, carrots and celery. Sauté until vegetables are soft. Add the beef and season with salt and pepper. Then add the rest of the herbs and spices. Continue to cook until beef is no longer pink. Add in the wine, oxo cube, a splash of water and the tomatoes. Cook for about 45-60 minutes until vegetables and meat are really soft.
Mix the cornmeal with about 250ml of water to avoid it clumping together. Reduce the heat to low and add the soaked cornmeal to the cabbage pot, whisk well and continue to cook stirring regularly for about 20-25 minutes until cornmeal mixture has thickened.
To make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat and whisk in the flour and cook, stirring continously for about 2 minutes or so until mixture stars to bubble. Add in the milk and continuing to stir until the sauce has thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
To assemble, place the polenta into a greased baking tray and spread evenly. Layer with the meat and spread evenly again. Lastly pour over the bechamel sauce and spread over the mince. Sprinkle with the parmasan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180c.
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