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June/July 2008
Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Grilled Polenta with Roasted Pepper Sauce
SERVES 4 TO 6
Polenta is a dish made of boiled cornmeal. This recipe is great for the grill. For convenience, you can make it a day in advance, or you can buy it ready made. (Check the label to make sure it's gluten free.) Just slice it and grill.
6 cups water or gluten-free chicken broth or
gluten-free vegetable broth
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups coarse ground cornmeal
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, optional
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for brushing
1. Brush an 8x8-inch pan with olive oil. Set aside.
2. To make polenta, boil water or stock in large pot. Add salt. Slowly add cornmeal to boiling water, stirring constantly until combined. Then stir occasionally until polenta pulls away from the pan, about 15 minutes. Add olive oil and rosemary if desired. Spread polenta into oiled pan. When it cools, cut it into wedges.
3. Preheat grill to medium-high.
4. Brush polenta wedges with olive oil
5. Place on grill and cook until polenta is golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Serve with Roasted Pepper Sauce.
Each serving (made with water) contains 208 calories, 6g total fat, 1g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 0mg cholesterol, 580mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate, 4g fiber, 4g protein.
Roasted Pepper Sauce
You can buy roasted peppers in a jar or frozen. To roast your own, broil 3 to 4 large peppers until they turn dark brown on all sides. While they’re still hot, seal them in a plastic bag and let them steam to finish cooking. Then remove them from the bag and peel off blackened skins.
1 pound roasted peppers
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1. Puree peppers in a blender or food processor with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
2. Heat and serve over grilled polenta.
Comments (2)
This recipe is so simple and delicious! It's wise to avoid storing food in hot plastic bags or any kind of hot plastic, since there are endocrine disrupting compounds in plastics that can readily leach into foods, especially warm and hot foods. As an alternative, you could wrap the peppers in foil or cover in a small pot.
Posted by: outadventurer | August 27, 2010 9:16 PM Report this comment
Instead of steaming the peppers in "plastic" bags I just toss them in a paper bag, like a lunch bag. Works the basically the same and you don't have to deal with the plastic.
Posted by: denise b | August 26, 2010 4:53 PM Report this comment