Wild Mushroom Polenta | Gennaro Contaldo

Hello Lovely Peoples of KZbins.
Today we have a very special episode for you as Gennaro takes us into his home and cooks us the first in a series of delicious home cooked meals - justa likea mamma used to make it.
Today it’s wild mushroom polenta, rustic style.
Bless you!

[@fule9891]

You are my mentor Gernado. And thank your passion to Italian cuisine. It's miracle every single bite!

[@alicetwain]

In the old days people had very little meat. Many families lived on polenta served with a sauce more or less like that where a single piece of sausage had been cooking. The polenta was spread on a huge wooden board like that, covered in the sauce and cheese and the single sausage piece was put in the center, then everyone started eating the polenta closest to where they were sitting: the one who ate faster and got to the center first, could have the sausage (Tutti a casa - Polenta). Here in Lombardy, instead, the really poor people would buy smallish smoked fishes. One would be hanged from a piece of string over the center of the table. The polenta (traditionally much harder than the spreadable one made by Gennaro here) would be placed directly below the fish, so that the heat and steam would dissolve some of the fats and salt from the fish and have them dripping on the polenta, then each member of the family would get a piece of the slowly cooling polenta and touch (just touch, if they tried to rub it the fish would swing away) the fish with it to collect even more flavor. After a whole week, on Suday the single fish would be taken down and divided amongst the family members.

[@prathibabhaskar8466]

Alice Twain we certainly are over indulging with food everywhere.

[@arthurheinz9395]

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[@felipemacknight]

That mushroom ragu is one of the most appetizing things I've ever seen, it looks absolutely delicious!

[@cheriee93]

"WHAT THE FEAST!!" hahaha Gennaro I love watching you! You make everything so fun and easy!

[@Calida]

You make cooking Italian food look like pure magic ♡

[@Whoopwhoop33]

I am 37, I want my great great great grand children to see Chef Gennaro and his passion for cooking, I hope these remain in archives or least I can do is learn and teach

[@FrancescoBignardi]

A typical Gennaro's recipe: polenta with mushrooms ---> *first of all let's cut some pancetta* love this man

[@madcitywendy]

I could watch you cook forever. You are the sweetest.

[@ruthrjensen]

Gennaro, you bring such pleasure to my life and inspiration to my kitchen. Bless you!

[@ohsugar5431]

Simple, quality, fresh ingredients. Bravo! Love the wood serving board.

[@widowspider]

This looks amazing - and it's already gluten-free! Molto grazie Gennaro!

[@atfourothirtythree]

Love mushrooms, love polenta. But I've never seen it served this way together. So nice, now I have to try this!

[@felicitaspizarro]

Wow!! great variety of mushrooms!! and one of my favourites: Polenta! Beautiful video Gennaro Contaldo

[@giftoffire4868]

Awesome, thank you Gennaro. Watching from Seattle.

[@AnnieDelphine1990]

I usually hate mushrooms... But THIS makes me dream of a big plate of polenta with LOADS of mushrooms! Thank you Gennaro! 😃

[@davidpccode]

Gennaro, the best!! Italian style

[@deborahvaneman2713]

Wonderful recipe Gennaro Am making this for friends this weekend.

[@proconsumersafety]

Polenta is my favorite! All of my family are from Northern Italy. Polenta I can eat it every day. Gennaro, you make polenta perfectly. Your mushroom recipe sounds amazing. There are many ways. In the north, both of my Nonni, and myself now, sauté in olive oil, garlic, chili peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, Italian parsley, white wine, seasoned with rosemary and sage. Then topped with Asiago cheese. Buon appetito!

[@uwekoszta3802]

You are the best Gennaro! You have so much passion to cook....same as I.

[@osimara1832]

oh my, how easy and delicious this looks!!! yum yum

[@TheBblindman]

May God be with you! Greetings from Romania!

[@TheAndersDanilet]

TheBblindman Romanians need to step up their mamaliga game hah

[@johnagraz6431]

Bravo Gennaro! Delicious!!

[@Drewnation07]

Beautiful recipe. Looks amazing with all those colors. Nice job Gennaro!

[@lameaker]

This is comfort food at its best. It's probably swearing in church, but I always have some frozen mushrooms on hand just in case! I have everything else at home anyway, and without the pancetta it is also vegetarian. I love Italian cuisine and especially Gennaro´s way of presenting it to us.

[@Leon753951]

Very nice! Thank you for this recipe. Going to make this in 1 hour with Entrecôte!

[@85gdawid]

One of our favourite dishes, cooking it tonight but as a souce for linguine. Thank you!

[@cintortiz7322]

Ok... I'm making this for dinner tonight... Lovely!

[@1111TP1111]

This is soo simple and soooooo good. Speechless. I also added a heap tea spoon of sun dried tomato paste. "My my my, why am I cooking sooo good!!!" :) Thanks Gennaro

[@alexschneider2239]

So Glad i found you.my Kids are eating Wirth Love sind Respekt dir food! Easy and delicious my my , thank U !!!

[@helenalfred6760]

Thank you Gennaro 🙏🏻 Amazing recipe as always.

[@wantuilferreiradesouzajuni3106]

Como pode alguém não dar OK numa aula de culinária tão linda como essa?

[@funnyfarmgal]

Thank-you for sharing, I am look forward to watching more of your videos....

[@helsiclife]

I'm cooking this polenta tomorrow!!! it looks really yummy!

[@FreakshowKatt08]

God Bless you Gennaro!! This looks so amazing!!! I love mushroom dishes!!! So Incredible!

[@shimstirs]

Made this with just button mushrooms, added a brown onion and skipped the parmesan and it still tasted amazing! Absolutely delicious!

[@ArmoTappaja]

went to forest today with my wife, we found fresh good gold of the forest. this dish is now cooking in my kitchen. Thank you Sir for the recipe.

[@vanessas3168]

Just made this and it was beyond delicious! thank you Gennaro!

[@SilvanirMedeiros]

Great! congrats from Brazil Gennaro! u're amazing

[@garydaniels5662]

Love mushrooms, and this looks like my idea of comfort food.

[@orenjikukki]

That looks so good!!! I'll add polenta to my grocery list, hopefully I can find it here. 😊

[@jonathanbailey5896]

I love you man as well thank you so much for your excellent recipe I hope to be able to try this and share it with my lovely wife. Food always taste best with those that you love. (P.S well done for making a wooden spoon)

[@diamondsunfold]

So beautiful! Nothing better than food for sharing :)

[@camerunea23stoicasimonacri75]

You are wonderfull Genaro and wow lovely always cooking with love

[@armind7]

Looks amazing! Thank you Gennaro!

[@twitey13]

Fantastic recipe Gennaro, many thanks for sharing this with us and did you eat it all to yourself ?

[@NellaLongo]

Perfecto Gennaro!!!🍄🌻💋🇮🇹

[@montygrl4131]

You inspired me to make this for dinner tonight. Delicious.

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

I really want those bronze covered pans as well, but they are so expensive!

[@danny_case]

Do you know what brand of pans Gennaro uses in this video?

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

DrummerPGR I think they are Mauviel, but I can't be sure.

[@mshafer1021]

ThisIsMyFullName they’re probably Ruffoni. Italian pans are usually copper lined with tin, whereas Mauviel pans are French pans lined with stainless steel. Ruffoni copper/tin pans probably cook better than the Mauviels, although with every decade or so of regular use, you need to get them re-tinned. There is nothing in this world like copper when it comes to heat conductivity

[@mariagraziazedda2026]

Ciao Gennaro sei un fenomeno!

[@TalkToMe66]

Such lovely and easy dish... I have 11 different dried mushrooms at home stored - Just make your mix according to your day's taste... Oliveoil, butter and a hint of cream (scandiavian style)- Onions and garlic are must - I love chili, so some chinese chilioil, fresh and preserved chilies, but everything as seasoning... this doesn't see next day "Pot Season"...

[@Jaeboy]

I wish i had a grandpa like you.

[@aptwo916]

Dude I love this guy. He's like the Italian version of Yan can cook!

[@agnesgordon7486]

Fantastic!,

[@TheMacdubhsithe]

He's a man of his word. Imma gunna do a food tube with a mushrooms!

[@motleyguy0409]

Gennaro, you sweetheart, keep cookin', keep rockin', and if you could - let's see some wild game! (rabbit, venison, etc).

[@tentifr]

Just like we do in nothern italy, Greetings from Lombardia, italy

[@brandonvistan7444]

Looks good.

[@lynnayamoon]

why are you cooking so good?!?! Love your videos!

[@XaniaMore]

Looks delicious Gennaro - Thank you for sharing :)

[@Nanorisk]

This is heaven.

[@lydiagcl6038]

Amazing! Could you perhaps do a Polenta chips recipe? I've had some at Jamie Oliver's with lovely parmesan and rosemary!

[@ndejong69]

Oh my.... This looks amazing. I will try this!

[@robertfailla293]

Damn, so fresh ingredients, love the kitchen setup, old school copper pots, so simple, old world style, plating on a wooden board to share...genius. Love this guy!

[@mshafer1021]

Sometimes you can find those old-school copper parts on eBay for a decent deal. Do you want to get the ones with the tin lining. A lot of times you’ll need to have them re-tinned and polished, but it’s better than paying hundreds of dollars for them brand new

[@zachanddean554]

Just made it! Amazing!!!

[@stereotone]

I love Genaro...

[@hakunamatata9643]

Admit it.You didn't made this for the mushrooms but to promote new to us Italian products.Nicely done.

[@kylehearnsberger9883]

Looks like buttered grits (I LOVE BUTTERED GRITS, by the way !!!). Not sure if I've ever had Polenta before, but anything with edible mushrooms sound pretty tasty.

[@DANVIIL]

Kyle Hearnsberger Grits and polenta are the same thing. The are both ground up corn. One might be a finer grind than the other. I really enjoy watching Gennaro's videos of fast, delicious food. I make my own pancetta from the belly of my Berkshire hogs. I don't even waste my belly on bacon, since I can buy really good bacon, but Pancetta is very expensive per ounce.

[@kylehearnsberger9883]

Dan Morris That's awesome. Taught me something even I didn't know. That's really cool. I absolutely love grits. I don't think I'd ever had any HOME-made, but I love those instant-grits you can get in the store. I prefer them to be buttered grits and with bacon bits. :) Good stuff, there.

[@bernardoarellanodavalos1916]

we love you to Gennaro!!

[@DamirSecki]

Bravo Gennaro! Looks lovely! Can you make a lovely Moussaka next?

[@VionyTania]

those cooper pots and pans! i really love polenta, will make this some time :)

[@CutTheFat]

This looked so delicious, I was salivating just watching! Thanks for sharing. =)

[@kamilagorlikowska]

Wow! Now I'm hungry 😁

[@Karrrman]

I LOVE IT! TOTALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS!

[@Hachikii]

Love your passion ❤

[@stefanie5205]

Just made this today. Very good! Grazie!

[@babytomcat]

Oooh, I love all your pots and pans! Where did you get those? Had them for a long time? I want nice cookware as well!

[@RicardoLuizSousadaSilva]

Meu Deus. Isso é uma delícia. Estou com água na boca.

[@ritagospodarenco3786]

Вкусно!!!!

[@RobbyBoy167]

You know its damn good when the eating crew came early before the dish was completed

[@cyrbis]

Gennaro!!! why do you put the butter in the water and in the end when the polenta is ready? I only put it in the end.. I love u!! your recipes are great! kiss from Brazil!

[@marcelocerveiradepaula2352]

Try it with ox tail, it's fantastic!

[@louisesalg7762]

Polenta: 800ml Water 200g Polenta 1 nob Butter Pinch of salt 2 Tablespoons Parmesan Boil water, put the butter in and let it desolve and stir, stir stir and then stir in the polenta and graid 2 Tablespoons of Parmigiano Reggiano into the Polenta and stir Done!

[@chocho12321]

I want to see how Gennaro makes spoons!

[@anacasaux3274]

I have just cooked it, my polenta was no good ( I think I will need some time to perfect it) but the sauce was outstanding!!

[@Stormfox93]

That looks sooo tasty!

[@eofelipeta4559]

great!

[@sahlay]

looks really good!

[@bruceperez9722]

Wow I'm learning new cooking recipe from u :) I wanna be a chef in the future but first I need finish school

[@lilyhannshanns3484]

Jummy is cool.

[@tomsmither2577]

MASHroom hahahaha you're the best gennaro

[@Kalleballe240395]

love it!!

[@czjl]

Looks insanely delicious!!!! :D

[@robertbellini6491]

Jamie’s English accent is there mixed in with your accent. I love it. Wonderful Looking meal.

[@mshafer1021]

I think Gennaro has lived in the UK.

[@jesstrujillo3956]

I thought I was losing my mind. I could not figure out why his accent was different. Definitely heard English.

[@edwardguk6288]

I'm making this for sure ❤️❤️❤️

[@benbiedenkopf8623]

Oh my my. Gennaro please show us the fryed polenta from Jamie Italian. god bless you

[@grenmoyo3968]

Does Gabbiano Chiannti Classico go well with this?

[@thrillaspirit]

fantastisch♡

[@ozgurkucukyldrm3060]

Does Gennaro makes it seem like it’s super quick to make polento or is it really that quick? Never made one but everyone on the internet says it takes forever to cook while you stir constantly

[@GervaisMullers]

MY MY MY!

[@MaDFsX]

He actually did a mushroom video next :D