Baked polenta
Baked polenta is a simple and flavorful dish. It's made by preparing the polenta and then cutting it into slices. It's then topped with a light sauce made with garlic and basil, and then sliced mozzarella and pecorino cheese. A quick pop in the oven to brown the top, and your baked polenta is ready to serve.
- 250 g of polenta flour
- 1 liter of water
- 30 g of butter
- 30 g of parmesan cheese
- 500 ml of tomato puree
- 300 g of mozzarella
- 50g of pecorino cheese
- 1 clove of garlic
- basil
- oil
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- In a tall saucepan, bring the water to a boil, add the polenta flour, and cook for 8 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon. Then add the salt, butter, salt, and Parmesan cheese and stir again.
- Now transfer the polenta to a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes. Once the polenta is ready, let it cool, then cut it into slices.
- Fry a clove of garlic in a pan with oil, as soon as it takes on colour add the tomato puree, salt and basil, mix and cook for 15 minutes.
- Pour a ladle of sauce into a baking dish, then arrange a first layer of polenta slices. Cover with sauce, pecorino, and mozzarella slices. Make another layer of polenta and continue alternating the ingredients until all the ingredients are used. Finish with the sauce and sprinkle with grated pecorino. Bake the polenta in a preheated oven at 200°C (400°F) for twenty minutes.
- Let it cool slightly, then serve.
How to make baked polenta
Then add the salt, butter, salt and parmesan and mix again.
Now transfer the polenta into a mold lined with baking paper.
Then cook at 180°C for 15 minutes.
Once the polenta is ready, let it cool, then cut it into slices. Fry a clove of garlic in a pan with oil. Once it starts to brown, add the tomato puree, salt, and basil, stir, and cook for 15 minutes.
Pour a ladle of sauce into a baking dish, then add a first layer of polenta slices. Cover with sauce, pecorino cheese, and mozzarella slices. Make another layer of polenta and continue alternating the ingredients until all are used up.
Finish with the sauce and sprinkle with grated pecorino. Bake the polenta in a preheated oven at 200°C (400°F) for twenty minutes.
