Gorgonzola polenta bites are an easy and delightful finger food or appetizer perfect for gatherings or snacking. The creamy texture of polenta pairs perfectly with the tangy and sharp flavor of gorgonzola cheese, creating a delicious and savory treat. With a crispy outer layer and a gooey, flavorful center, these polenta bites will surely impress your guests. Let's explore a simple and delicious recipe to make this delectable snack at home.
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POLENTA WITH GORGONZOLA CHEESE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories side-dish
Time 35m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a heavy large saucepan. Add 1 3/4 teaspoons of salt. Gradually whisk in the cornmeal. Reduce the heat and simmer until the mixture thickens and the cornmeal is tender, stirring often, about 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, you can switch to a wooden spoon for easier stirring.
- Turn off the heat. Add the butter, cream and Gorgonzola and stir until the cheese melts. Season with additional salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the polenta to a bowl and serve.
- Note: If you're making the polenta ahead of time, put it on a double boiler and cover it with plastic wrap to keep it warm.
POLENTA BITES WITH CARAMELIZED MUSHROOMS
Provided by Michael Chiarello : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 45m
Yield about 50 spoonfuls
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cook the polenta: In a medium, heavy pot over high heat bring the cream, stock, salt, and nutmeg to a boil. Add the polenta gradually, whisking constantly. When the mixture thickens, switch to a wooden spoon and adjust the heat to maintain a bare simmer. Cook, stirring often, until thick, smooth, and creamy, about 15 minutes. Add the Parmesan and stir. Keep the polenta warm over low heat, stirring occasionally. If the polenta gets dry as it sits, stir in about 1/4 cup of warm stock or cream.
- Saute the mushrooms: In a medium skillet over high heat, heat the olive oil. When the oil is hot, sprinkle in the mushrooms in a single layer. Don't stir them! Let them sizzle until they have caramelized on the bottom, about 2 minutes. When the bottoms are caramelized, toss them once and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Continue to cook without stirring for about 5 minutes. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper. Add the butter and cook until it begins to brown, then add the garlic. Continue to cook until the garlic begins to brown. Add the thyme and cook for about 10 seconds. Add the lemon juice and cook until the liquid evaporates. Add the wine, and simmer until the mushrooms are glazed with the sauce. Add the parsley. Then stir and remove the pan from the heat.
- Place or pipe about 1 tablespoon of warm polenta onto a spoon. Place about 1/2 teaspoon of the mushroom on top of the polenta. Garnish with grated Parmesan. Serve immediately.
GORGONZOLA POLENTA BITES
I needed a brand-new appetizer for a big party. I covered polenta with Gorgonzola and a tangy sauce. That's how you spread holiday cheer. -Margee Berry, White Salmon, Washington
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 25m
Yield 16 appetizers.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine vinegar and marmalade. Bring to a boil; cook 5-7 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons., Meanwhile, place bread crumbs in a shallow bowl. Press both sides of polenta slices in bread crumbs. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add polenta in batches; cook 2-4 minutes on each side or until golden brown., Arrange polenta on a serving platter; spoon cheese over top. Sprinkle with currants if desired; drizzle with vinegar mixture. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 67 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 3mg cholesterol, Sodium 161mg sodium, Carbohydrate 9g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
POLENTA WITH GORGONZOLA
Categories Cheese Appetizer Side Fall Winter Hominy/Cornmeal/Masa Bon Appétit Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield 6 first-course or 6 Side-Dish Servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bring milk and whipping cream to boil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Gradually whisk polenta into milk mixture in slow steady stream. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook polenta until creamy and tender, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Preheat broiler. Transfer cooked polenta to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Sprinkle Gorgonzola cheese over polenta. Broil until cheese melts. Sprinkle with chopped toasted walnuts and serve immediately.
- *Polenta (coarse yellow cornmeal) is available at Italian markets, natural foods stores and some supermarkets. If unavailable, substitute 1 cup regular yellow cornmeal, and cook mixture for about 12 minutes rather than 20 minutes.
RED PEPPER POLENTA WITH GORGONZOLA
Looking for an Italian meal? Then check out this great combination of cornmeal polenta and Gorgonzola cheese - a mild side dish!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In 2-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook garlic and bell pepper in oil about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender.
- Stir in vegetable stock and milk; heat to boiling. Gradually stir in cornmeal and salt; reduce heat to low. Simmer uncovered about 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until slightly thickened.
- Spray 10-inch pie plate with cooking spray. Pour polenta into pie plate. Sprinkle with cheese. Let stand about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and polenta is firm enough to cut. Cut into 8 wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 0 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 510 mg, Sugar 3 g, TransFat 0 g
GORGONZOLA POLENTA
Provided by Jill Silverman Hough
Categories Side Vegetarian High Fiber Blue Cheese Cornmeal Bon Appétit Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Bring 5 cups chicken broth to boil in heavy 4-quart saucepan. Gradually add polenta, whisking constantly. Return mixture to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until polenta is tender, stirring frequently and adding more chicken broth by 1/4 cupfuls if polenta is too thick, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add Gorgonzola and cream; stir until cheese is melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- *Sold at some supermarkets and at natural foods stores and Italian markets. If unavailable, substitute an equal amount of regular yellow cornmeal and cook about half as long.
POLENTA WITH GORGONZOLA
Steps:
- Bring stock and buttermilk to boil in covered pot.
- Slowly stir in the polenta and nutmeg, and continue cooking over medium heat, stirring often, until polenta has thickened.
- Stir in the Gorgonzola thoroughly, and season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 331, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 15 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 779 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams
CREAMY POLENTA WITH MUSHROOMS AND GORGONZOLA
This yummy Italian dish works great as a vegetarian main or topped with grilled steak, chicken or fish.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For polenta, in 4-quart saucepan, heat broth, cream and 1/2 teaspoon salt just to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium; very slowly beat in cornmeal with whisk. Continue to beat constantly 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture thickens. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 20 minutes, stirring once after 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until onions brown on edges and soften. Add bell pepper; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until pepper softens and begins to brown on edges. Add mushrooms; cook and stir 4 to 5 minutes or until mushrooms release juices, juices absorb and mushrooms brown. Stir in kale; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until wilted. Add wine; stir constantly, scraping up browned bits, 1 to 2 minutes or until liquid is almost completely absorbed.
- Divide polenta among 4 plates. Top each plate with about 1 cup vegetable mixture; sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 410, Carbohydrate 43 g, Cholesterol 65 mg, Fat 4, Fiber 4 g, Protein 10 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 1110 mg, Sugar 6 g, TransFat 1/2 g
POLENTA AND GORGONZOLA
Serve this creamy polenta with our Wild Mushroom Ragout.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Gluten-Free Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Add stock; bring to a boil.
- Sprinkle cornmeal in while stirring with a wooden spoon. Stir constantly, over low heat, until polenta begins to pull away from sides of pan, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add cream and butter; stir until incorporated. Stir in Parmesan, salt, and pepper.
- Place 1 slice of Gorgonzola in each of six soup bowls. Add polenta, and top with Wild Mushroom Ragout. Garnish with rosemary and serve.
CREAMY POLENTA WITH GORGONZOLA CHEESE
This is an amazing alternative to mashed potatoes! It's creamy, rich and all around great comfort food! Don't be hesitant about the blue cheese the flavour is subtle in the prepared dish. If you can't get gorgonzola try Stilton, or Roquefort or any good quality blue cheese. I love this dish anytime-warm, cold, at dinner or as a midnight snack-yum!
Provided by Breanna in T.O
Categories Grains
Time 10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large pot, combine water, sea salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-high and slowly stir in the polenta until it is thick and smooth, about 5 minutes.
- Add the cream, Gorgonzola, salt and pepper to the polenta and stir until the cheese melts. Season with more salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 153.8, Fat 15.1, SaturatedFat 9.5, Cholesterol 51.4, Sodium 698.5, Carbohydrate 1.4, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 3.7
BAKED POLENTA WITH MUSHROOMS AND GORGONZOLA
Real Simple Magazine, November 2006 edition. Update: 12/09/2009 you can use a large portabella mushroom the way that susie cooks did. ;)
Provided by Manami
Categories Grains
Time 1h
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Bring 4 1/2 cups water to a boil.
- Whisking constantly, slowly add the polenta.
- Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of the salt and the butter.
- Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Stir in the cream cheese and 1/2 cup of the Gorgonzola.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, over medium-high heat, warm 2 tablespoons of the oil.
- Add half the mushrooms and cook for 6 minutes.
- Add half the shallots and cook for 2 minutes more.
- Transfer to a plate.
- Repeat with the remaining oil, mushrooms, and shallots.
- Season the mushrooms with the pepper, thyme, and the remaining salt.
- Butter an 8 or 9-inch baking dish or eight 6-ounce ramekins.
- Stir 2/3 of the mushrooms into the polenta and transfer to the prepared dish or ramekins.
- Top with the remaining mushrooms and Gorgonzola.
- Bake, uncovered, until the Gorgonzola has melted, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 272.7, Fat 24.3, SaturatedFat 10.9, Cholesterol 43.2, Sodium 960.4, Carbohydrate 6.7, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 2.1, Protein 9.3
Tips:
- Choose the right polenta: For the best results, use a medium-grind polenta. This will give the bites a slightly chewy texture.
- Season the polenta well: Don't be afraid to add a generous amount of salt and pepper to the polenta. This will help to bring out the flavor of the corn.
- Use high-quality gorgonzola: The quality of the gorgonzola will make a big difference in the flavor of the bites. Look for a gorgonzola that is creamy and flavorful.
- Don't overcook the polenta: The polenta should be cooked until it is tender but still has a slight bite to it. Overcooked polenta will be gummy.
- Let the polenta cool completely before shaping it: This will help to prevent the bites from falling apart.
- Use a variety of toppings: The possibilities are endless when it comes to toppings for gorgonzola polenta bites. Some popular options include crumbled bacon, chopped walnuts, and roasted peppers.
Conclusion:
Gorgonzola polenta bites are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer that is perfect for any occasion. They are creamy, cheesy, and flavorful, and they can be customized with a variety of toppings. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy snack or appetizer, give gorgonzola polenta bites a try.
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