Roasted polenta with fontina and wild mushrooms is a hearty and flavorful dish that is perfect for a special occasion or a comforting weeknight meal. The creamy polenta is made with cornmeal, milk, and butter, and then roasted in the oven until golden brown and crispy. The fontina cheese adds a rich and nutty flavor, while the wild mushrooms add a depth of flavor and a meaty texture. This dish can be served as a main course or as a side dish, and it is sure to please everyone at your table.
Here are our top 12 tried and tested recipes!
POLENTA CRACKERS WITH ROASTED WILD MUSHROOMS
Provided by Valerie Bertinelli
Categories appetizer
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For the crackers: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, cornmeal, Parmesan, tarragon, cayenne and 1 teaspoon salt in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until incorporated. Add the heavy cream and process until the dough comes together. If the dough is too dry, add a little more cream, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the dough comes together.
- Lightly flour a sheet of parchment paper and place the dough on top. Shape the dough into a rectangle with your hands, then lightly flour the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin until it is a little less than 1/4 inch thick (about a 15-by-12-inch rectangle). Poke all over with a fork. Cut the dough into squares or rectangles and carefully transfer them to the prepared baking sheet. Bake until light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.
- For the mushrooms: Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
- Toss the mushrooms with the oil, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper on the prepared baking sheet. Roast, stirring once or twice, until tender and well browned, 20 to 25 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice, tarragon and a pinch of salt and pepper. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl and top with the tarragon-lemon juice mixture.
- Serve the crackers with the mushrooms on the side for topping.
POLENTA WITH FONTINA AND MUSHROOMS
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Bring 3 3/4 cups water, 1/4 cup heavy cream and 1 teaspoon kosher salt to a boil; whisk in 3/4 cup instant polenta. Reduce the heat to medium; cook, stirring occasionally, until creamy, 10 minutes. Stir in 1 cup grated fontina. Saute 12 ounces sliced mixed mushrooms and 2 teaspoons chopped rosemary in butter until tender, 6 minutes; stir in 1¿4 cup heavy cream and season with salt and pepper. Cook until thickened; toss with chopped parsley. Serve over the polenta.
POLENTA BITES WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND FONTINA
Store-bought tubes of polenta are the ultimate appetizer shortcut: just slice and toast in the oven, top with sautéed wild mushrooms and a sprinkling of grated Fontina, then bake again until melty and irresistible. A pinch of crushed red pepper flakes and a splash of Sherry vinegar punch up the flavor of the mushrooms.
Provided by Anna Stockwell
Categories New Year's Eve Hors D'Oeuvre Cocktail Party Hominy/Cornmeal/Masa Mushroom Fontina Vegetarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Appetizer
Yield Makes 30
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Brush both sides of polenta slices very lightly with oil and arrange on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Roast polenta until lightly golden brown and warmed through, about 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt butter with remaining 2 Tbsp. oil in large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until tender and browned, about 12 minutes. Add shallots, vinegar, salt, black pepper, and red pepper and cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley.
- Divide mushroom mixture between baking sheets with polenta. Top with cheese. Continue to roast until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
- Arrange polenta bites on a platter and serve.
- Do Ahead
- Mushroom mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill.
ROASTED POLENTA WITH FONTINA AND WILD MUSHROOMS
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut cold polenta into squares, transfer to a baking sheet, and brush tops with oil; sprinkle with fontina. Toss mushrooms with shallot, thyme, oil, and salt. Top each square with mushroom mixture. Roast until polenta is crisp on bottom and mushrooms are wilted and golden brown.
OVEN POLENTA WITH ROASTED MUSHROOMS AND THYME
Call it cheating-we call it 30 minutes you don't need to spend standing at the stove.
Provided by Claire Saffitz
Categories Bon Appétit Dinner Vegetarian Mushroom Hominy/Cornmeal/Masa Thyme Garlic Parmesan Wheat/Gluten-Free Fall
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 325°F. Combine mushrooms, thyme sprigs, and garlic on a large rimmed baking sheet. Season generously with kosher salt and pepper; drizzle with oil. Toss to coat mushrooms, then spread out in an even layer. Transfer to upper rack in oven and let mushrooms roast while you prepare polenta.
- Bring 4 1/2 cups water to a simmer in a large ovenproof saucepan over medium-high heat. Add butter and a generous pinch of kosher salt and whisk to melt butter. Gradually add polenta, whisking constantly. Return mixture to a boil, immediately cover pot, and transfer to lower rack in oven. Bake polenta, shaking baking sheet with mushrooms occasionally, until polenta is tender, 25-30 minutes.
- Remove polenta from oven. Crank up oven temperature as high as it will go (but don't broil). Continue to cook mushrooms until crisp around the edges, 5-10 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, carefully uncover polenta and whisk vigorously, scraping bottom of pan, until polenta is smooth and thick. Gradually add 4 oz. Parmesan, whisking constantly until melted and incorporated; taste and season with more kosher salt and pepper. Cover and keep warm over low heat while mushrooms finish roasting.
- Remove mushrooms from oven; drizzle with vinegar. Toss to coat; let cool slightly.
- Divide polenta among bowls and top with mushrooms, thyme leaves, sea salt, and more Parmesan.
POLENTA SQUARES WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND FONTINA
A mix of mushrooms gives the best range of textures and earthy flavors, and the assortment also looks more interesting than just one variety of mushroom would. Once the polenta is cold and set, it can be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to three days. This recipe is adapted from Martha Stewart's Appetizers.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Time 3h20m
Yield Makes 24
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring 4 1/2 cups water to a boil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot; season with salt. Bring another 4 cups water to a simmer in a small saucepan. Gradually add polenta to large pot, whisking constantly until combined. Reduce heat until only one or two large bubbles break surface at a time, adjusting heat as necessary.
- Whisk 2 ladlefuls of simmering water into polenta and cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until water has been absorbed, about 5 minutes. Continue to add 2 ladlefuls of simmering water every 5 minutes, stirring often and waiting for it to be absorbed before adding more, until polenta is creamy and just pulls away from sides of pot, about 45 minutes. (Adjust heat as necessary.)
- Pour polenta into a slightly damp 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Let stand until no longer steaming, about 10 minutes. Refrigerate, uncovered, until cold and set, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a bowl, toss together mushrooms, shallot, thyme, and oil; season with salt.
- Turn out polenta onto a cutting board. Cut into 24 pieces, and transfer to a rimmed baking sheet brushed with oil. Dividing evenly, brush tops with oil, then sprinkle with cheese and top with mushroom mixture. Roast until polenta is crisp on bottom, cheese is melted, and mushrooms are wilted and golden brown, about 25 minutes. Serve immediately.
POLENTA WITH WILD MUSHROOMS AND VEGETABLE RAGOUT
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in skillet large enough to hold all the ingredients. Add onions and cook until they are soft and golden, about 10 minutes.
- Add the wild and domestic mushrooms with the garlic, marjoram and thyme and cook until mushrooms soften and release their juices.
- Meanwhile in another skillet, heat remaining oil and saute peppers until soft.
- Crush tomatoes in your fingers before adding to peppers, with tomato liquid, and cook over low heat until mushroom mixture is ready.
- When mushrooms are softened, add the wine and cook over medium heat to slightly reduce liquid.
- Combine contents of both pans and use to top polenta. This can be made a day ahead.
- To serve, heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Divide both polenta and sauce in half. Use two 10-by-15-inch glass baking dishes. Using half of polenta and half of sauce, spoon a third of sauce in bottom of one baking dish . Arrange half of polenta slices over the sauce. Spoon another third of sauce over polenta. Top with remaining polenta and then with remaining sauce. Repeat with second dish and remaining ingredients.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 132, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 16 grams, Fat 5 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 9 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams
POLENTA WITH MUSHROOMS AND FONTINA
Be sure the Polenta is very soft (almost pourable) when spreading it in the baking dish. If necessary, thin with a little hot water. It will firm up as it bakes. Serve with a green salad or as a side dish to roasted chicken or meat. This one is time consuming and done the old fashioned Italian way.
Provided by Jencathen
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large sauté pan or frying pan over medium heat, melt 1/4 cup of the butter. When bubbly, add the mushrooms, raise the heat to medium high, and sauté, tossing often, until tender, about 5 minutes. Do not let brown. Season with salt and a little nutmeg and remove from the heat. Cover to keep warm.
- Position a rack in the center of an oven and preheat to 425 degrees F . Butter a 2 1/2-qt. baking dish.
- In a deep, heavy saucepan over high heat, bring the water to a rapid boil. Add 2 tsp salt and, while stirring continuously with a long-handled spoon, gradually add the polenta in a thin, steady stream until all has been incorporated. Continuing to stir constantly to keep lumps from forming, reduce the heat until the mixture only bubbles occasionally. Continue to cook, stirring, until smooth and creamy, about 20 minutes; be careful to scrape the bottom and sides of the pan to avoid sticking or lumping. Remove from the heat. Cut the remaining 1/4 cup butter into small cubes and add to the polenta, a few cubes at a time, stirring until melted after each addition. The polenta should be soft and spreadable.
- Spread one-third of the polenta over the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spread half of the mushrooms in a layer on top, and then cover with a layer of half of the cheese slices. Repeat with half of the remaining polenta, than all of the remaining mushrooms and cheese. Top with the remaining polenta.
- Place in the oven and bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
- Cut into squares and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 446.6, Fat 28.8, SaturatedFat 17.2, Cholesterol 84.5, Sodium 434.9, Carbohydrate 34.4, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 2.1, Protein 15.5
CREAMY POLENTA WITH WILD MUSHROOMS
Eagle Mountain Outfitters takes groups on excursions into the Montana wilderness and then serves them gourmet meals! This is a wonderful dish made even more heavenly when served in the great outdoors! This would make a lovely side for your turkey this Thanksgiving!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Vegetable
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Sauté the onions, white mushrooms, garlic and the porcini in 4 fl oz of olive oil until lightly colored. Add basil, oregano and stock; bring to a boil.
- Slowly stir in polenta. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often. The polenta should be thick and creamy. Add more stock if needed. Adjust the seasonings and keep warm.
- Just before serving, add cream and cheese and stir vigorously.
- Sauté the wild mushrooms in the remaining olive oil until tender, about 10 minutes. Spoon the polenta onto warm plate and garnish with the wild mushrooms and a sprig of fresh basil. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1092.3, Fat 81.1, SaturatedFat 32.6, Cholesterol 163, Sodium 81.2, Carbohydrate 87, Fiber 9.2, Sugar 3.8, Protein 12
BAKED POLENTA WITH BALSAMIC MUSHROOMS
Mushrooms roasted with balsamic vinegar are nestled in creamy, cheesy polenta in this bake that doubles as a vegetarian main dish or side.
Provided by LauraF
Categories Side Dish Grain Side Dish Recipes Polenta Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Place mushrooms in a large baking dish, gill-side up. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over mushrooms. Crush thyme between your fingers; sprinkle over mushrooms.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a plate using tongs. Leave any accumulated juices in the baking dish.
- Bring water and half-and-half to a boil in a large pot. Add polenta in a steady stream, whisking constantly. Reduce heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add Swiss cheese, sea salt, and pepper; stir until cheese is melted.
- Pour hot polenta into the same baking dish used to bake the mushrooms. Smooth the top with a spatula. Arrange mushrooms, gill-side up, in the polenta. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until mushrooms are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and garnish with truffle salt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 673.8 calories, Carbohydrate 41.7 g, Cholesterol 123.6 mg, Fat 47.1 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 24.2 g, SaturatedFat 25.2 g, Sodium 1549.9 mg, Sugar 5.2 g
POLENTA WITH WILD MUSHROOMS
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Stir the polenta thoroughly into one cup of stock. Bring the rest of the stock to a boil, reduce heat to simmer and slowly add the polenta, stirring. Cook until mixture thickens, a couple of minutes. Stir in the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
- Heat the oil in a nonstick pan until it is very hot. Reduce the heat to medium high, and saute the mushrooms with the thyme until the mushrooms release their juices and the juices begin to evaporate. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the mushrooms over the top of the polenta, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 248, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 29 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 13 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 663 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams
BAKED POLENTA WITH MUSHROOMS AND FONTINA
Steps:
- Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes Servings: 6 as appetizer, 4 as main course. Note: Inspired in part by a recipe in Yotam Ottolenghi's "Plenty"; the polenta technique comes from Golden Pheasant polenta. 1 cup polenta 4 cups water Salt 1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the polenta in a 2-quart gratin dish, and stir in the water and 1 teaspoon salt. Bake for 45 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons butter and return the polenta to the oven for 15 more minutes. 2. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and sprinkle with one-fourth teaspoon salt, or to taste. Cook, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms give up their moisture, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and the rosemary and continue cooking until the mushrooms are dry, 3 to 4 more minutes. 3. When the polenta is done, taste and add more salt if necessary. Tear the soft Fontina slices into shreds and distribute them over the top of the polenta. Scatter the cooked mushrooms over the top and return the pan to the oven until the cheese has melted and begins to brown, about 5 minutes.
- Use fresh, high-quality ingredients. This will make all the difference in the final dish.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different types of polenta. There are many different varieties available, each with its own unique flavor and texture.
- Be careful not to overcook the polenta. It should be cooked until it is slightly firm, but still creamy.
- Use a variety of toppings. This will add flavor and interest to the dish.
- Serve the polenta hot. This is when it is at its best.
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