Ingredients
Cooked Corn Meal
- 2 cups of cornmeal
- 5 cups (tea) of water
- 1 tablespoon of butter or oil
- 1 broth tablet
- 4 tablespoons grated cheese for sprinkling
- Salt to taste
Ground meat sauce
- 500 g of ground beef
- 2 cans of tomato sauce (340g each)
- 1 cup of stems (carrots, beets, kale, spinach)
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- ½ chopped green pepper
- 1 teaspoon of oil
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste (optional)
Method of preparation
Cooked Corn Meal
In a bowl, add 3 cups of water and dissolve the cornmeal. Reserve. In a pan, heat the remaining 2 cups of water, add the salt, oil or butter and dissolve the vegetable broth. Let it boil. After boiling, gradually add the dissolved cornmeal, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Let it cook for approximately 10 minutes, over low heat, stirring constantly, or until the polenta leaves the bottom of the pan.
Ground meat sauce
In a pan, heat the oil and add the onion and garlic. Let it brown. Then add the ground meat and let it fry for about 5 minutes. Add the tomato sauce, stems, pepper, salt and pepper and let it cook for approximately 10 minutes. Reserve.
Assembling the dish
In a refractory, place a layer of polenta and on top a layer of sauce. Intersperse like this and finish with the layer of sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Place in the preheated oven at 180° and leave for around 10 minutes.