Polenta con Porcini: Polenta with Porcini

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 pound fresh porcini cleaned and sliced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 5 cups of water
• 1 cup quick-cooking polenta (use yellow or white)

Directions

In a large saute pan heat olive oil till just before smoking. Add the porcini and season with salt and pepper. Cook till tender and golden brown. Meanwhile bring the 5 cups of water to a boil in a 4-quart saucepan. Whisking constantly, add the polenta in a thin stream until all the polenta is incorporated. Stir with a wooden spoon until as thick and dense as cream of wheat. Portion polenta into 4 warmed serving bowls and top each with 1/4 of the sauteed porcinis.