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Polenta with Fruit

4 servings

Ingredients

• Polenta (according to instructions, cooled) (as needed)
• Cherries or plums (pitted) (as needed)
• Sugar (crushed) (as needed)
• Lemon zest (a little)
• Cinnamon (strip) (a little)
• Cloves (some pcs)
• White wine (a little)
• Almonds (finely chopped, for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Prepare the polenta according to instructions and let it cool.
2. Place pitted cherries or plums in a casserole, simmer for 5 minutes with the necessary amount of crushed sugar, lemon zest, a strip of cinnamon, and a few cloves.
3. Pour in some good white wine and add the polenta cut into cubes.
4. Let everything cook until the fruit is soft, pour into a bowl, sprinkle with finely chopped almonds, and serve quite hot.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.