Ready-made polenta - now what?

sineadt84

I went looking for polenta the other day in an attempt to find low-carb alternatives to rice etc. for dinner. My supermarket only had ready made, which is a rather un-appetising looking yellow rubbery brick. The instructions are to slice and heat to serve. Anyone any ideas as to what I could serve it with?

YellowApple666

Oregano, tomato and mozzarella slices or any kind of cheese (put them in the oven for a few minutes so the cheese can melt)
Mushrooms
Pesto
Lentils
Basically, any pasta sauce or anything you would spread on bread will do the trick.

Queenmunchy

Slice and pan sear for a crispy crust, top with sauce!

icck

Ooh interested in this, I bought some the other day.

I've only had it sliced and grilled with a tomato sauce on, or the other stuff in cakes ha.

sineadt84

Thanks all, looking forward to experimenting

bbontheb

Following because I'd like to try it because I can't eat wheat. I think it's pretty easy to make from scratch. I would wonder if you could make a polenta pizza crust ?

YellowApple666

bbontheb wrote: »

Following because I'd like to try it because I can't eat wheat. I think it's pretty easy to make from scratch. I would wonder if you could make a polenta pizza crust ?

Sometimes I use polenta as a pie crust and it's very good. I cook it with less water than I'd normally use. Not sure about pizza crust, I'm not a fan of pizza substitutes but on the other hand I love sliced polenta with tomato and mozzarella so it's worth a try

sineadt84

I did see a recipe somewhere for pizza crust, I'll try and find it

suruda

I've had it with a chunky marinara sauce over it...
OR with sautéed mushrooms on it

I've made creamy polenta from scratch (super easy) and had it with braised pork on it.

All delicious!

suruda

One time on a plane I was bumped to first class and the breakfast was polenta (first pan fried and browned) with a fried egg on it. It was super good too...

scr183

bbontheb wrote: »

Following because I'd like to try it because I can't eat wheat. I think it's pretty easy to make from scratch. I would wonder if you could make a polenta pizza crust ?

My father has Celiac, and I've used it as a crust sub for him. It was messy as heck to eat, but he ate the whole thing that I served him, so I took that as a solid endorsement. I made it thick with some parmesan cheese folded in, then made sure it was really thoroughly chilled and kinda dried out before I put it in the oven. I prebaked it a bit before topping it and that seemed to work well, and a light spray of olive oil on top can help crisp it up further. Still definitely a knife-and-fork situation, though.

lporter229

suruda wrote: »

One time on a plane I was bumped to first class and the breakfast was polenta (first pan fried and browned) with a fried egg on it. It was super good too...

This was a staple breakfast from my childhood, which I still make frequently. It's great with maple syrup.

sineadt84

lporter229 wrote: »

suruda wrote: »

One time on a plane I was bumped to first class and the breakfast was polenta (first pan fried and browned) with a fried egg on it. It was super good too...

This was a staple breakfast from my childhood, which I still make frequently. It's great with maple syrup.

That sounds amazing!!

sineadt84

sineadt84

Baked polenta fries with tomato and garlic dipping sauce. Yum!

bbontheb

What!? That's amazing. I am going to try the sort of pizza crust ideas posted above. I think I'm hungry now though...

sistrsprkl

Baked rounds topped w pesto @ mozzarella