Polenta and Vegetable Torte
Polenta and Vegetable Torte

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, polenta and vegetable torte. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Polenta and Vegetable Torte is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Polenta and Vegetable Torte is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Think of this polenta and vegetable recipe as a gluten-free swap for lasagna. It's the perfect torte recipe to serve come summer, since each slice is piled high with seasonal veggies including squash, sweet peppers, and tomatoes. Transfer vegetable mixture to small bowl.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have polenta and vegetable torte using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Polenta and Vegetable Torte:
  1. Make ready 1/4 c olive oil
  2. Make ready 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  3. Get 2 (16 oz) tubes refrigerated cooked polenta
  4. Get 1 1/2 c bell peppers (red, green, or yellow; chopped) (2 peppers)
  5. Make ready 2 1/2 c zucchini or yellow squash (cut diagonally into 1/4 inch slices) (2 medium)
  6. Prepare 1 c fresh mushrooms (sliced)
  7. Make ready 2 c cheddar or mozzarella cheese (shredded)
  8. Take 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
  9. Make ready 1/3 c fresh basil (lightly packed and torn)

Make a well in the center of the polenta and spoon the ragout on top. Drizzle a little olive oil on top and garnish with herbs. Mediterranean Vegetable Polenta Recipe - Heart-Healthy, Satisfying Vegan Entree with Creamy Turmeric Polenta and a Flavorful Vegetable Ragout. I consider polenta to be one of my ultimate comfort foods.

Step by Step to make Polenta and Vegetable Torte:
  1. Preheat oven to 425 F. In a small saucepan, heat olive oil and garlic over medium heat about 4 minutes or until oil is fragrant and garlic is translucent but now brown. Remove from heat.
  2. Line a 15x10x1 inch baking pan with foil. Cut each tube of polenta into eleven slices, about 1/2 inch thick each. Place polenta slices in the prepared baking pan. Brush with 1 tbsp of the garlic oil; sprinkle with salt and ground black pepper. Roast about 15 minutes or until polenta is heated through and edges are lightly browned, turning once. Set aside. Reduce oven temperate to 350 F.
  3. In an extra large skillet heat the remaining garlic oil over medium-high heat. Add peppers, squash, and mushrooms; cook about 6 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with salt and ground pepper.
  4. In the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan, place as many slices of polenta that will fit in a single layer (about 11). You will be able to see the bottom of the pan between the curves of the polenta, but the slices should be touching. Then layer with 1/2 cup of the cheese, half of the vegetables, 1/2 cup of the cheese, the remaining polenta, 1/2 cup of the cheese, the remaining vegetables, the tomatoes, and the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
  5. Bake about 35 minutes or until heated through. Cool in springform pan on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes. Using a small sharp knife, loosen edges of torte from sides of pan; remove sides of pan. Sprinkle torte with basil.

This simple cornmeal mush has been eaten and enjoyed for centuries all over the world. Pino Marchesin can't fathom how or why polenta should be served in restaurants at all. Pino sells shoes at street markets in the north-western Italian region of Piedmont and But his was food for the popes, his masters. Out in the countryside, poverty-stricken Italian peasants ate polenta and little else. Stir in cream cheese and garlic powder.

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