Fried Polenta

Ingredients

• 100 g Polenta (course yellow mielie meal)
• 1 Wedge creamy blue cheese 
• 2 Eggs 
• Flour for frying (recipe on website under herb & spice)
• Crumbs

Method

• Bring 250 ml salted water to the boil.
• Add the Polenta and cook on medium heat stirring all the time for 2 minutes.
• Spoon the warm Polenta onto a piece of plastic and spread about  5 mm thick.
• Cover with plastic and allow to cool.
• When Polenta is cold cut in squares about 4 cm wide. 
• Cut the cheese in slices using a wet knife warmed in water.
• Cut the cheese 3 cm wide.
• Carefully brush the Polenta with egg then place a slice of cheese on top and brush again with egg and place another piece of Polenta on top.
• Carefully roll the Polenta “sandwich” in the flour then in egg and then in crumbs.
• Place in freezer for 1 hour.(should be hard)
• Remove from freezer straight in the hot oil.
• Fry until golden brown.

Best serve hot after frying.

Make 8 Polenta fritters