Polenta Pie with Tomato Sauce and Cheese
POLENTA PIE WITH TOMATO SAUCE AND CHEESE
Serves 5, 10 as a side dish.
2 16-18 oz ready-made polenta rolls, sliced into 30 1/3" thick rounds
1/2 c chopped fresh basil
1 28 oz can diced tomatos, with juice
1 28 oz can crushed tomatos
1 med onion
5 cloves garlic
1 lb mozarella, grated
1 oz parmesean (reggiano), grated
olive oil
salt
pepper
In a large saucepan, saute onions until soft. Add garlic and saute
until fragrent, then add tomatos. Simmer until sauce thickens and
diced tomatos are cooked. Remove from heat and mash tomatos slightly
with a potato masher, then add basil. Salt and pepper to taste.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Oil the bottom of a 9x13 or 10x14 baking pan. Arrange half of the
polenta rounds in the bottom. Scoop half of the sauce onto the
rounds, then sprinkle with half of the mozarella. Add remaining
rounds, cover with remaining mozarella and parmesean. Set remaing
sauce aside.
Bake on top rack of oven for 20 minutes, or until bubbling. Switch
the oven to broil and brown the top slightly.
While polenta cools slightly, reheat the remaining sauce. Serve
polenta with sauce spooned over each serving.




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