Recipe: Polenta 'pizza'

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Polenta is such a cheap and versatile grain... [sweet](chocpolenta) or [savoury](porkandpolenta) In this recipe we transform it into the base of a pizza-style dish. Start-to-finish the dish is prepared in less than half an hour and is just as good cold th

Ingredients

400 ml vegetable stock
100 g polenta grain
1 handful(s) Parmesan, grated
1/2 red onion, peeled and sliced
12 sun-blushed tomatoes
8 small mozzarella balls, halved
6 slice(s) salami sausage
2 basil leaves

Step 1

Preheat Oven

Preheat the oven to 220°C.

Step 2

Make Polenta Base Mix

Heat the vegetable stock up in a saucepan until it is boiling. Tip in the polenta and keep stirring until it becomes the consistency of mashed potato. dump in the Parmesan cheese and stir to melt.

Step 3

Add Polenta To Tin

Line a cake tin with baking paper before tipping the cooked polenta in. Spread evenly to the edges.

Step 4

Add Toppings And Bake

Scatter the onion, sun-blushed tomatoes, mozzarella and salami over the base making sure it is all well distributed. Bake in the oven for 6-8 minutes until the cheese of top has turned golden

Step 5

Serve

Serve by lifting the baking paper from the tin and transferring it to a chopping board to portion then accompany with salad. Feeds 2 as a main meal or 4 as light lunch