Slow Cooker Polenta with Cheddar

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servings: 8
Slow Cooker Polenta with Cheddar

Ingredients

  • 7 cups hot water
  • 2 cups polenta (not “quick-cooking”) or coarse-ground yellow cornmeal
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 12 ounces Cabot Lamberton Cheddar, Sharp Cheddar or Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar, grated (about 3 cups)

Directions

  1. COMBINE water, polenta, olive oil and salt in slow cooker; whisk until well blended. Add cheese and whisk again.
  2. COVER and cook on high setting for 2 hours, or until liquid is mostly absorbed. Stir together well (polenta should have consistency of thick cooked cereal).
Tags:Slow Cooker, Recipe, Comfort Food, High Protein, Lactose Free, Sides

Recipe Note

(If not serving right away, pour onto oiled baking sheet with sides, spreading into even layer; cover with plastic wrap and let cool. When ready to serve, cut into rectangles and sauté in nonstick skillet with olive oil until golden on both sides.)

Directions

  1. COMBINE water, polenta, olive oil and salt in slow cooker; whisk until well blended. Add cheese and whisk again.
  2. COVER and cook on high setting for 2 hours, or until liquid is mostly absorbed. Stir together well (polenta should have consistency of thick cooked cereal).
Tags:Slow Cooker, Recipe, Comfort Food, High Protein, Lactose Free, Sides

Cheese As You Please

Our naturally-aged cheddars have 0g of lactose per serving! So go ahead, dig in.

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