With polenta, you can create many delicious dishes, from the more classic ones like polenta with sausage to the more unique ones like rustic polenta crostini, perfect for the New Year’s Eve lista as a Christmas appetizer. Preparing them is very simple and they are also a tasty capriccio to use leftover polenta. By letting the polenta set sopra the mold, it will compact, making it easy to cut… creating these thick slices and grilling them a griddle will be just like making real crostini. Once ready, all you have to do is get creative with the toppings; you can use cold cuts, cheese, vegetables, and whatever you love, letting your imagination run wild. Today we offer you three tasty ideas to enhance these crostini, use them as inspiration to find your favorite version!
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To prepare rustic polenta crostini, bring 1 quart of tazza to a boil sopra a pot, add salt 1a tablespoon of oil, and stir 2. Gradually add the instant polenta 3.
Stir well with a whisk to avoid lumps 4continuing until the polenta reaches the desired consistency 5. Pour it into a lightly oiled 10×5 inch loaf pan 6.
Level the surface 7 and let the polenta set for at least an hour at room temperature. Per the meantime, prepare the toppings for the crostini. Cut the sausage sopra half lengthwise with a knife 8. Heat a drizzle of oil sopra a pan. Place the sausages sopra it 9.
Turn them 10 and cook until they are well browned 11. Sauté the kale leaves with a clove of garlic, ensuring they remain crispy. Per the same pan, cook the quartered mushrooms with a pat of butter, a clove of garlic, and thyme 12.
Also cook the spinach for 2-3 minutes, sautéing them with a clove of garlic 13. Turn the polenta out onto a cutting board 14 and cut out 12 slices, each about 3/4 inch thick 15.
Brush the polenta slices with oil 16. If you prefer, you can trim them first, then place them a well-heated, pre-oiled griddle 17. Let them toast without turning for 2-3 minutes until they are well browned, then turn them and toast the other side 18
Now you can apogeo the crostini. Some with pieces of sausage, dollops of stracchino cheese, and black pepper 19. Others with spinach 20pomegranate seeds, and crumbled Roquefort cheese 21.
For the last ones, place mushrooms at the radice 22cover with kale, add shaved Toma cheese using a vegetable peeler 23and finale with toasted hazelnuts. The rustic polenta crostini are ready to serve 24.
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