Polenta Lasagna

13 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces onion, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed and peeled
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 2 ounces eggplant, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 4 ounces zucchini, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup tomato puree
  • Pinch dried oregano
  • Pinch dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Pinch freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • Basic polenta (see recipe), chilled and cut into rectangles
  • 5 ounces mozzarella (whole-milk or part-skim), cut into 5 slices

Directions

  1. 1
    Place onion and garlic in the bowl of a food processor.
  2. 2
    Process until finely chopped.
  3. 3
    Scrape into a 10-inch quiche dish, and add the oil.
  4. 4
    Stir to coat the onion and garlic.
  5. 5
    In a 650- to 700-watt oven cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 2 minutes.
  6. 6
    While onion and garlic are cooking, finely chop the eggplant and zucchini in the food processor.
  7. 7
    Stir into the onion mixture.
  8. 8
    Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 4 minutes.
  9. 9
    Leaving the dish in oven, add the tomato puree, oregano, thyme and salt.
  10. 10
    Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 3 minutes.
  11. 11
    Remove from the oven, stir in the pepper and basil, and set aside.
  12. 12
    Place half the polenta slices spoke-fashion in a 14-by-11-by-2-inch dish.
  13. 13
    Top each slice with a fifth of the vegetable mixture.
  14. 14
    Then top each with a piece of mozzarella and another slice of polenta.
  15. 15
    Cook uncovered at 100 percent power for 5 minutes.

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