Well, we tried the garlic scape pesto very last night time time. It wasn't too tough to make, despite the fact that Brian needed to mess around with the proportions a chunk to get it to mixture in our Magic Bullet. (Note: no, we didn't fall prey to an infomercial. We were given it via Freecycle, thank you very lots.) Since we have been experimenting, he moreover determined to attempt making the polenta in our pressure cooker. Making it on the stovetop is a time-consuming method that consists of standing and stirring for approximately 1/2 an hour while the combination thickens, and the manual that got here with the stress cooker indicated that it can be completed in approximately 5 minutes. Unfortunately, the result wasn't very polenta-like: it failed to cook dinner dinner down almost enough and came out smooth and clearly sticky. It changed into however suitable for eating, just extra like hot cereal than polenta.
So, I took my bowl of barely soupy polenta, and considering I'd never attempted the garlic scape pesto before, I completed best a bit spoonful it to begin with. Took a bit, and wowowow GARLIC!
This stuff is severely effective. I ended up adding extra cornmeal mush to my bowl to dilute the little spoonful that I needed to begin with. Mind you, I'm now not pronouncing it wasn't pinnacle; I in reality quite favored it, however a hint is going a absolutely long manner. The cup or so of pesto that we made should probably dress multiple kilos of pasta.
So at this point, there's basically no chance that we're going to finish off this batch of pesto with the little bit of polenta that we have left. Most likely, we'll just put it in the freezer and bring it out as needed. The site where we found it says that it has lots of uses; I could see adding a bit of it (a very little bit) to a vinaigrette dressing, or stirring some into a soup, or topping a pizza with it. I'm sure we'll think of plenty of ways to use it—just not all at once.
This morning whilst we wakened, we every remarked that the flavor of garlic changed into nonetheless very lots with us. I do not suppose we will should worry approximately vampires any time fast.
