Polenta Bruschetta
"An easy and delicious alternative to traditional bruschetta--especially for those of us who are allergic to wheat or gluten!"
- Ready In:
- 37mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 12 ounces prepared polenta (comes in a roll in the refrigerated section)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 large beefsteak tomatoes
- 12 large basil leaves
- 6 ounces brie cheese, sliced into 12 thin strips
- salt and pepper
directions
- Carefully unwrap polenta so as not to crumble it and slice the log into 12 even rounds.
- Add 2 tbs olive oil to a sauté pan and fry the polenta rounds until crisp. Flip the rounds and continue crisping the other side.
- Meanwhile, slice the tomatoes into 12 thick slices and drizzle them with the balsamic vinegar.
- Remove the polenta slices from the pan and put them onto a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Top each slice with a tomato, salt and pepper to taste, and bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.
- Once thoroughly heated, top the polenta stacks with a basil leaf and a slice of brie. Return to the oven for 5 minutes or until brie melts. Serve immediately.
- Makes 12 appetizers or 4 - 6 light entrees.
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Pescetarian, lovin' the hippie-eats, learned to cook authentic Japanese fare in Kyoto!
Okay, I figured I should add a bit to the above, so here goes:
I'm a on-air personality on a radio station in the city where I live. My girlfriend and I recently bought an art gallery and are in the midst of remodelling the lofts above it for a living space.
My girlfriend and I travel frequently - we just got back from a three week trip to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil - and I love to pick up recipes as I go.
We've been vegetarian (although we eat fish) for about a year and a half and I absolutely love it. We eat tons of fresh veggies and fruit and pasta and grains and a moderate amount of fish...and I can't imagine ever craving meat in my diet again!
My family are a very meat-and-potatoes type of mid-western, so they are absolutely baffled by this. I think they must imagine what goes on their dinner-plates (Steak, a few pieces of broccoli, a baked potato) and wonder how we can survive on what's left after you remove the meat. Luckily, I'm a pretty good cook - no, make that a very daring cook! No fear! - and my girlfriend is kind of human garbage disposal. Seriously, she's never met an obscure ethnic dish she didn't like.
So, that's it for now.
