Layered polenta and red sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6½ cup Water
2 teaspoons Salt
13 ounces Packaged instant polenta
3 cups Super-Quick Red Sauce
OR Garlic-Basil Red Sauce
OR Roasted Red Sauce
(see separate recipes)
¾ cup Grated Parmesan cheese
¾ cup Grated Romano cheese

Directions

8 SERVINGS LACTO

If you're looking for something fabulous to serve with red sauce, try this rustic polenta dish. It's easy to make, and the polenta can be made up to three days ahead.

Lightly grease a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan. In large saucepan, bring water to a boil; add salt. Remove from heat and stir in polenta. Return to medium-low heat and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 5 minutes, until polenta is thick and soft. Pour polenta into prepared pan and cool, preferably overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease an 8- or 9-inch square baking dish. In small bowl, mix Parmesan and Romano cheeses. Cut cooled polenta into ¼-inch thick slices.

Arrange layer of polenta over bottom of dish. Cover with about 1 cup sauce, and ¼ cup cheese mixture. Repeat layers two times, then end with layer of polenta. Sprinkle surface with remaining cheese. Cover loosely with foil and bake 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until polenta and sauce are bubbling hot, 10 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

PER SERVING: 160 CAL.; 9G PROT.; 7G TOTAL FAT (4G SAT. FAT); 13G CARB.; 16MG CHOL.; 984MG SOD.; 1G FIBER.

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By Kathleen <schuller@...> on Apr 24, 1999.

Recipe by: Vegetarian Times Magazine, November 1997, page 65 Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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