Baked Polenta with Wild Mushroom and Tomato Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

Polenta, Italy’s version of cornmeal mush, has become chic. Friends who were brought up eating polenta and pasta in Italian-American families look on this sudden popularity with hilarity: “Polenta and macaroni—my grandmother made them because they were cheap and filling. I swore that when I grew up, I’d never eat polenta again!”

In this recipe, the polenta and mushroom sauce can each be made completely in advance, then quickly combined at serving time. Use the mushroom liquid in the