What are the little toast thingies? – my lovely friend
This may look a little like bruschetta, but it isn’t. It’s actually cooked, sliced and griddled polenta, topped not with tomatoes but peppers and carrots.
This recipe makes a lovely warm starter for four.
Ingredients
- 3 carrots
- 1 red pepper
- 1 orange pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pack of ready made polenta
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Dice the carrots into 1-2cm cubes
- Warm most of the olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat
- Add the carrots and fry gently
- De-seed and dice the peppers to the same 1-2cm chunks
- Add to the peppers to the pan along with the garlic and thyme
- Fry gently until the carrots are softened but still have bite
- Put a griddle pan on a high heat, oiled with the last dash of olive oil
- Cut the polenta into 12 1cm slices
- Cook in the griddle pan for about 90-120 seconds on each side, so they look as in the pic above
- Stack 3 pieces of polenta per person, top with a quarter of the vegetable mix
- Finish with a 1/2 splash of balsamic vinegar and a good mill of black pepper per plate (I wouldn’t recommend adding any salt as the ready made polenta is really quite salty already)
- Serve while still warm
Simple, different, fun. Will you try it?
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This looks lovely and would be perfect for Gluten free hubby but not sure what polenta tastes like. Is it nice? x
It’s ground maize so has a taste not unlike unsweetened cornflakes! The ready made stuff it made up with water and salt, and when cooked tastes not unlike salty potato.
Love the look of this…!
Thanks Fiona :)
your food always looks sooo good!
Charmer! :)
Another excellent idea! Just brilliant.
Thanks! It’s lovely to get feedback on ideas :)
That looks great, what a neat idea.
Thanks!