What can I eat with Polenta?

[SteamyMcDreamy]

I've bought some polenta today and wondered if anyone knew what I could eat with it. I'd prefer to serve the polenta soft as I don't have time to let it set and then fry it. Also I'm trying to stay a little bit healthy.

Anyone!

We often have it with chicken cacciatore. Polenta is quite bland. I'd want to have with some kind of spicy sauce - perhaps a bolognese.

There is a lovely mushroom ragu recipe in the HFW veg book that goes with polenta.
Or a really flavoury meaty casserole.

Anything along the lines of meat sauce, vegetable stew, rich tomato sauce etc.
Often served with braised steak in rich gravy, or hare in wine sauce.
You could serve it with grilled meat such as a chicken joint or lamb chops, but it would need an accompanying sauce too as its quite bland served soft.

I have it cooked in milk with some garlic and fresh thyme, and gorgonzola (or Stilton).
It is lovely and I serve it with a chicken breast.

Oh yes, I agree some herbs and cheese will work wonders to perk it up. It's years since I've had gorgonzola, I will have to get some now, wonderful flavour!

A vegetable tagine would be lovely.

Osso buco.

YY to Osso Bucco!

Thank you. I'll have a look at all the suggestions.

Not particularly healthy but orange polenta cake is very nice

I serve casseroles on top of polenta. Usually Italian style ones with beans and herbs in, sometime sausage casseroles.

Hmm, I've only ever had it once it's set. I did have it at my cousin's wedding with a tomato sauce and roasted veg though, that was lovely

HFW mushroom thing but as a bit of balsamic to it as well.

Anything saucy or stew like.

Try salted cod in a red sauce, also known as Baccala. The combination is perfect, mild but salty cod with the texture of Polenta and a red sauce...mmm

Yes to mushrooms! Loads of butter and Parmesan in the polenta finished with lemon and pepper then lovely thymey mushrooms on top.