Mini Polenta Pizzas With Tomatoes And Pesto
Mini Polenta Pizzas With Tomatoes And Pesto. Corn, tomatoes, and pesto are a natural summer pairing. This can also be done with slices of a store bought polenta log, but I love the softer texture of hand-formed polenta. You could also form this into a larger crust pizza, or two personal pizzas.
Super low cal and fill that pizza craving. You can go bananas coming up with different variations of these little pizzas. I love that they make awesome snacks, appetizers, or serve as a meal. You can have Mini Polenta Pizzas With Tomatoes And Pesto using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Mini Polenta Pizzas With Tomatoes And Pesto
- Prepare 1 packages of Polenta, packaged (I use food merchants).
- You need 1/3 cup of Mozzarella cheese, shredded.
- Prepare 2 of Grape tomatoes, sliced thin.
- It's 1 tbsp of Pesto sauce.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Olive oil.
- Prepare 1 of Italian Spice seasoning.
Peel off the polenta packaging and pat dry. Pesto and Bacon: Yep, Basil Pesto and Bacon go great together. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Spread into an even layer (if it's very thick, use a metal spatula dipped into boiling water).
Mini Polenta Pizzas With Tomatoes And Pesto instructions
- Cut a few slices of polenta (about 1/4 inch slices). Line them on a baking tray and brush each round with a small amount of olive oil..
- Broil them for a few minutes (till they get a little browned or crispy) and take them out of the oven. Flip the rounds and brush the desired amount of pesto sauce on each round (I use a thin layer). Then add the desired amount of cheese to each round..
- Slice the grape tomatoes thin and add to the top of the pizza. Sprinkle Italian seasonings on the top of the pizza. You can use dried basil if you don't have Italian seasoning spice..
- Return the mini pizzas to the oven and broil on high for 10 minutes or until the cheese bubbles and browns..
- Ready to eat! (If the kids don't gobble them up first).
Top with the mozzarella and tomatoes. Blend the basil with the oil and garlic and drizzle over the pizzas. Season and dust with Grana Padano. Fry polenta according to package directions. Remove from griddle/pan, and place on a baking sheet.
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