CIME DE RAPA, CHANTARERLLES, POLENTA & SMOKED KRAUT

Here is another collaboration with @london_fermentary and @puntarelle_co

Cime di rapa is an Italian green which is a member of the brassica family. Sometimes you will find small broccoli heads, the entire plant can be eaten and is delicious blanched or sautéed.
It has a slightly bitter taste. In this recipe we serve it with chanterelles and creamy polenta topped with London Fermentary’s Smokey Kraut to add some punchy umami!
The chanterelles are delicate and woody, but you could substitute these with any good quality mushrooms that are available at Puntarelle. The Cime di rapa could also be substituted with Cavolo Nero or Friarielli which both have a similar bitter note.
The Polenta we used here can also be bought in store. Polenta is naturally gluten free and is a great source of fibre and protein. To make this vegan you could substitute the whole milk with a unsweetened plant milk and parmesan with nutritional yeast.

Makes 4 portions
500ml Water
500ml Whole milk
165g Polenta
15g Salt
70ml Extra virgin olive oil
100g Parmesan
Black Pepper
25g Butter
2 Garlic cloves, sliced
400g Chanterelles
250g Cime di rapa
8 tbsp London Fermentary Smokey Kraut 1 tbsp Honey
Exra virgin olive oil to finish
1 Lemon, juiced
1. Put water, milk, salt and extra virgin olive oil in a pan and bring up to warmish temperature, where you can still comfortably put your finger in the pan.
2. When warm pour in the polenta and start whisking. Continue to whisk it until it thickens, this will take about 5 minutes. Take off the heat, add parmesan and pepper.
3. Meanwhile blanch the cime di rapa in boiling water for 2 minutes.
4. In another pan start to melt the butter with the sliced garlic.
5. Add the mushrooms and fry gently for 3-5 minutes. Finally add the cimi de rapa, season with
salt and pepper and the juice from a lemon.
6. In a small bowl, mix the smokey kraut, honey and a drizzle of oil.
7. On a plate make a bed of polenta and serve with the mushrooms, cimi di rapa and kraut on
top.