Polenta Pie With Italian Toppings

If you want to add more gluten free recipes to your recipe box, Polenta Pie With Italian Toppings might be a recipe you should try. One portion of this dish contains around 10g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 334 calories. For $1.63 per serving, this recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. This recipe is liked by 4 foodies and cooks. It is brought to you by Foodista. Head to the store and pick up water, salt, cheese such as gorgonzola, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 70%. This score is solid. Users who liked this recipe also liked Polenta with Italian Sausage, Italian Sausage with Polenta, and Italian Polenta Casserole.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 cups water

1 cup milk

1/4 cup olive oil, plus a bit more for sauteing and drizzling the baking sheet

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup yellow corn meal, coarse grind

3-4 oz pancetta, diced

1 large shallot, finely chopped

2-3 cloves of garlic, slivered

3 oz (or more if you are a fan) crumbled blue cheese such as gorgonzola, can be substituted with goat cheese or fresh baby mozzarella

1/2 lbs baby spinach

1 bright colored sweet bell pepper, cut in half, seeded and sliced not too thin

a handful of pignoli (pine nuts)

Equipment:

sauce pan

baking sheet

aluminum foil

oven

frying pan

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Make polenta first. In a saucepan, bring water, milk, 1/4 olive oil and salt to a boil. Reduce heat immediately, and pour in the corn. Stirring very frequently, simmer corn for about 15 minutes, until very thick. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment, and drizzle a bit of olive oil on it. Spread polenta on the sheet evenly, to about 1/2 thickness, and shape into a circle, just like a pizza crust. Let cool until nicely set. Heat the oven to 425F. Sprinkle polenta crust with freshly ground pepper, and bake for 30 minutes, until nicely browned around the edges. Keep the oven on. While crust is baking, prepare the toppings. In a skillet, heat 1 tbsp olive oil. Saute pancetta, shallots and garlic for about 7-8 minutes, until nicely golden and very fragrant. Dont overcook. Remove the pancetta topping into a bowl and set aside. Heat a bit more oil in the same skillet and saute baby spinach until wilted and dark green, for about 3 minutes or so. Again, remove the spinach and set aside. Add pepper slices and saute for a couple of minutes until they are nicely wilted, for about 3-4 minutes. Layer your toppings atop polenta crust, starting with cheese crumbs, followed by pancetta mix, spinach, peppers, and finally pine nuts. Arrange everything in a pretty way. Drizzle just a few drops more of olive oil, and put back in the oven for 4-5 minutes. Slice like a pizza or cut into 3 inch squares. Serve immediately.

 

Step by step:


1. Make polenta first. In a saucepan, bring water, milk, 1/4 olive oil and salt to a boil. Reduce heat immediately, and pour in the corn. Stirring very frequently, simmer corn for about 15 minutes, until very thick.

2. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment, and drizzle a bit of olive oil on it.

3. Spread polenta on the sheet evenly, to about 1/2 thickness, and shape into a circle, just like a pizza crust.

4. Let cool until nicely set.

5. Heat the oven to 425F.

6. Sprinkle polenta crust with freshly ground pepper, and bake for 30 minutes, until nicely browned around the edges. Keep the oven on.

7. While crust is baking, prepare the toppings. In a skillet, heat 1 tbsp olive oil.

8. Saute pancetta, shallots and garlic for about 7-8 minutes, until nicely golden and very fragrant. Dont overcook.

9. Remove the pancetta topping into a bowl and set aside.

10. Heat a bit more oil in the same skillet and saute baby spinach until wilted and dark green, for about 3 minutes or so. Again, remove the spinach and set aside.

11. Add pepper slices and saute for a couple of minutes until they are nicely wilted, for about 3-4 minutes.

12. Layer your toppings atop polenta crust, starting with cheese crumbs, followed by pancetta mix, spinach, peppers, and finally pine nuts. Arrange everything in a pretty way.

13. Drizzle just a few drops more of olive oil, and put back in the oven for 4-5 minutes.

14. Slice like a pizza or cut into 3 inch squares.

15. Serve immediately.


Nutrition Information:

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334 Calories
10g Protein
21g Total Fat
25g Carbs
19% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
334k
17%

Fat
21g
34%

  Saturated Fat
6g
43%

Carbohydrates
25g
8%

  Sugar
3g
4%

Cholesterol
24mg
8%

Sodium
502mg
22%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
10g
20%

Vitamin K
189µg
181%

Vitamin A
4345IU
87%

Vitamin C
36mg
44%

Manganese
0.58mg
29%

Folate
98µg
25%

Phosphorus
204mg
20%

Vitamin B6
0.4mg
20%

Magnesium
72mg
18%

Vitamin E
2mg
17%

Calcium
171mg
17%

Fiber
3g
16%

Vitamin B2
0.24mg
14%

Potassium
482mg
14%

Vitamin B1
0.19mg
13%

Zinc
1mg
12%

Iron
2mg
12%

Selenium
7µg
11%

Vitamin B3
1mg
10%

Vitamin B12
0.46µg
8%

Copper
0.15mg
8%

Vitamin B5
0.74mg
7%

Vitamin D
0.57µg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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