Prawns, spring onions & bacon with cheesy polenta recipe

Ingredients

• 2 l fresh chicken or veg stock
• 200 g polenta, cornmeal or grits
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 80 g cheddar, grated
• 30 g parmesan, grated
• 30 g butter
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch white pepper
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 100 g smoked streaky bacon, cut into lardons
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 0.2 tsp white pepper
• 1 squeeze of lemon juice
• 16 raw king prawns, peeled with tails on, deveined and split down the middle to butterfly