Polenta isn’t only for savory meals! These cookies, historically made for Christmas in Veneto, have a dough made out of sweetened corn polenta. They’re as uncommon as they’re scrumptious, and undoubtedly price making any time of 12 months.
The way to Make Zaeti | Italian Polenta Cookies
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ZAETI POLENTA COOKIES RECIPE
Makes: About 30 cookies
Cook dinner Time: 45 minutes
For this recipe, you will have:
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1 cup (150 g) raisins
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Grappa or spiced rum (elective)
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2 ⅛ cups (500 ml) entire milk
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1 ¼ cups (250 g) sugar
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1 lemon zest, grated
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A pinch of salt
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10 tablespoons (150 g) unsalted butter
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1 ½ cups (250 g) corn meal
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1 ¼ cups (150 g) all-purpose flour
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5 massive eggs
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2 teaspoons (10 g) baking powder
Place the raisins in a bowl and fill with grappa or spiced rum to cowl (you’ll be able to substitute with water, if needed). Let the raisins soak when you put together the polenta.
Mix the milk, sugar, lemon zest and salt in a pot. Whisk collectively totally. Add the butter and warmth the pot over medium/low. Whereas the butter melts, combine collectively the corn meal and all-purpose flour in a separate bowl.
When the butter has melted and the milk simply begins to simmer across the edges, steadily add the corn meal combination whereas whisking continually. Change to a wood spoon when the polenta thickens. Maintain stirring and cooking the polenta till it not clings to the underside or sides of the pot. Let the polenta cool to room temperature.
Crack one egg into the cool polenta and stir it in till well-incorporated. Repeat with the remaining 4 eggs, stirring them in one after the other. As soon as the entire eggs are combined in, add the baking powder. Drain the soaked raisins, squeeze the surplus moisture out, and add these as effectively. Stir all collectively.
Preheat an oven to 375°F (190°C).
Scoop up heaping tablespoons of the polenta dough and organize on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Give the cookies about 2 inches (5 cm) of house from the subsequent—you’ll virtually definitely want a number of baking sheets.
Bake every sheet of cookies one after the other on the center rack for 15 to 18 minutes, till the bottoms of the cookie are deeply golden. Let the cookies cool earlier than serving.
Buon appetito!
In case you’re desirous about testing another Italian Christmas cookies, check out our recipes for Mostaccioli and Torroncini Abruzzesi!
