Polenta With Parmesan and Tomato Sauce

5.0(174)

This is my favorite way to serve polenta, and it’s the simplest, too. My son loves it -- maybe your kids will feel the same.

by Martha Rose Shulman

Dinner, Weeknight, Main Course

Servings

Serves four

Total time

1h 15m

Calories / serving

269 kcal

Ingredients (6)

serves

1 cup polentapolenta
1 quart waterwater
1 teaspoon saltsalt
1 tablespoon butterbutter
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan optional, plus additional for sprinklingparmesan
1 1/2 cups Fresh Tomato Sauce or Simple Marinara Saucetomato

Instructions (1 steps)

01Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the polenta, water and salt in a 2-quart baking dish. Stir together, and place in the oven. Bake 50 minutes. Remove from the oven, stir in the butter and return to the oven for 10 more minutes. Remove from the oven and stir again. Return to the oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, and stir in the Parmesan, if using. Spoon onto plates, make a depression in the middle and spoon 1/4 heaped cup of simple tomato sauce into the depression. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.

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