Buckwheat Polenta

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 onion
• 1 cup buckwheat groats (grits or groats, or coarsely ground whole buckwheat)
• 4 cups water
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 finely chop onion.
• 2 in a pot with tightly fitting lid melt butter and saute chopped onion until translucent.
• 3 add 4 cups water and bring to a boil.
• 4 stir in 1 cup buckwheat grits or groats.
• 5 reduce heat to very low, close the lid of the pot and let simmer for about 30 minutes until buckwheat reaches polenta consistency. i found that sometimes (maybe depending on whether you use grits or groats or coarsely ground buckwheat) it already thickens after about 10 minutes, so have a look at it after 10 minutes.
• 6 stir in ground parmesan cheese.
• 7 serve hot.