Facebook LinkedIn Email Pinterest Twitter Instagram YouTube Icon Navigation Search Icon Main Search Icon Video Play Icon Plus Icon Minus Icon Check Icon Print Icon Note Icon Heart Icon Filled Heart Icon Single Arrow Icon Double Arrow Icon BLT Icon TV Icon Close Icon Sorted BLT/Search Icon
Recipe

BAKED POLENTA WITH FONTINA AND GORGONZOLA

Serves: 6
If they like it, it serves 6 otherwise  - thinking face emoji
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Totaltime: 1 hour 0 minutes

Ingredients

  • For the sauce:

    2 pounds Italian tomatoes or canned whole tomatoes, coarsely chopped
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    1/2 small yellow onion, finely chopped
    1 clove garlic, finely chopped
    1 bay leaf
    4 basil leaves
    2 parsley stems
    salt and pepper to taste

    For the polenta:
    1 1/2 cups polenta
    8 ounces Fontina cheese, thinly sliced
    5 ounces Gorgonzola cheese
    1 tablespoon basil, chopped for garnish

Preparation

  • For the sauce:
    In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, bay leaf, basil and parsley, and cook slowly for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes. Put sauce in a food processor on pulse to chop tomatoes and make sauce smoother. Return to the sauce to the pan, and simmer until medium-thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper and a pinch of sugar to cut the acidity if necessary. This yields about 1 1/2 cups.
    While the sauce is cooking, bring 4 1/2 cups water to a boil and add 1 teaspoon salt. Whisk in the polenta in a stream so that lumps do not form. Lower the heat, and simmer 12 to 15 minutes, while stirring with a wooden spoon. Pour polenta into a loaf pan or a 9-by12-inch baking dish, and set it aside to cool. When cold and firm, turn polenta out on a clean surface, and cut into 3-inch squares or diagonal pieces. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
    Lightly butter individual gratin dishes, spreading a tablespoon of tomato sauce over bottom of dishes. Arrange the polenta and slices of Fontina in overlapping layers.
    Spoon the remaining tomato sauce over the layers. Crumble Gorgonzola over the top, season with pepper, and bake the polenta uncovered until cheese is melted. Garnish with fresh basil.
Have you tried the recipe?

Baked polenta with fontina and gorgonzola

Add Comment

* Required information
1000
How many letters are in the word two?

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first!

The {Pageturner} E-Cookbooks Library -

The latest

France Complete E-cookbook

USA Complete E-cookbook

pizza Complete E-cookbook

summer Complete E-cookbook

breakfast Complete E-cookbook

dinner Complete E-cookbook