Ole-Polenta Casserole
Make a perfect meal for the family feast the mixture of cheese and beef, with the different layers, present it with sauce.
Equipment
Ingrediënten
- Cornmeal 1 cup
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Divided water 4 cup
- Ground beef 1 pound
- Onion chopped 1 cup
- Green pepper chopped ½ cup
- Minced garlic cloves 2
- Undrained tomatoes diced 1 can (14-1/2 ounces)
- Tomato sauce 1 can 8 ounces
- Mushrooms Fresh sliced ½ pound
- Dill weed oregano, dried basil, each 1 teaspoon
- Hot sauce a dash
- Mozzarella shredded cheese part-skim 1-1/2 cups
- Parmesan grated cheese ¼ cup
Instructies
- For making polenta, take a small bowl, add the water of 1 cup, salt, and cornmeal, then whisk it until it gets smooth.
- Take a large saucepan, take the rest of the water and let it boil.
- Add the mixture of cornmeal and stir it constantly.
- Let it boil, stir, and cook until it gets thickened in just 3 minutes.
- Reduce the heat towards the low, cook, and cover it for 15 minutes.
- The mixture should be divided between two greased 8-inch baking dishes.
- Refrigerate and cover it until it gets firm, for just 1-1/2 hours.
- Take a large skillet cook the onion, beef, garlic, green pepper on medium heat until the meat changes its color.
- Then drain it stir it in tomato sauce, tomato, hot sauce, herbs, and mushrooms.
- Let it boil, reduce the heat, simmer, and uncover it for just 20 minutes until it gets thickened.
- Loosen the 1 polenta from the bottom of the dishes and sides, invert it on the lined paper waxed baking sheet and keep it asides.
- Take the spoon of half of the meat mixture on the rest of the polenta.
- Sprinkle half of the parmesan and half of the mozzarella.
- Top it with the rest of the polenta and with the mixture of meat.
- After this, bake and cover it at 350°F, until it gets heated through, for just 40 minutes.
- Uncover and sprinkle it with the rest of the cheese.
- Bake it until the cheese gets melted, for just 5 minutes more.
- Before the cutting, let it wait for 10 minutes.
- Serve it and enjoy.