I could not resist taking a picture of our meal last night. I have been a connoisseur of polenta since I was a little kid. With a Northern Italian grandma it's impossible not to have polenta as a staple in your diet.
This is grilled polenta with sausage, topped with a fresh tomato basil salsa. I bought Colavita' polenta and went to their website for the Fresh Tomato Basil Salsa. They had a lot of delicious looking recipes- I had trouble trying to choice just one! But lets face facts here, I made the right choice.
My husband grilled the polenta and sausage.
For the grilled polenta he followed the preparation directions on the box, placed it in a greased loaf pan, let it cool and then placed it in the refrigerator. Once the polenta loaf was chilled he cut them into 1/2 inch slices and coated them with olive oil. He lightly browned them (about 2 minutes on each side).
Put the tomato salsa on top of the grilled polenta and sausage and serve. You're gonna love it!
That looks pretty good. I've never tried polenta. In fact, I had to look it up to see what it was - lol! Thanks for sharing...really looks yummy!
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That looks beautiful! I was fooled for a second there and thought the polenta on the grill was pineapple. :) thanks for the recipe.
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I love polenta but have never thought to grill it. I need to try that soon!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I can't believe that I've finally found a food blogger that knows about fried or grilled or baked polenta! My family is completely of Northern Italian descent and this has been a mainstay in our family's food traditions! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post! I would so love it if you could stop by and link this recipe (and others) on my weekend foodie blog hop where I feature 8 blogs each week. I truly would love to feature this recipe post! I hope you join in!
ReplyDeletePS: Following you now and would love to have a fellow Italian-American follow me back to get to know more about each other's recipes! And you're right in the title of this post: A little slice of Italian heaven! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to see that you linked up this week! Thank you so much for sharing this at Recipe Sharing Monday. I hope to see you back next week!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful and this meal looks amazing!
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ReplyDeleteI love it that you are putting your polenta on the grill. We just love polenta and this is a great idea. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you again real soon. Hope you are having a great week!
Miz Helen