Pesto polenta lasagne
A quick and easy meal with lots of flavour. Put together in 10 minutes.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1 (500g) packet ready made polenta, cut into 6mm thick slices
- 1 (350g) jar tomato pasta sauce
- 4 tablespoons pesto
- 4 tablespoons pine nuts
- 120g grated mozzarella cheese
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5. Oil a 21x13cm baking dish.
- Arrange a single layer of polenta in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spread a thin layer of pesto over the polenta. Spoon 1/2 of the sauce over the polenta. Top with another layer of polenta and sauce.
- Bake, uncovered, for 25 minutes. Turn on the grill. Top polenta with cheese and pine nuts, and grill until cheese browns and nuts are toasted.
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Reviews & ratings
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Very smart base recipe! Polenta works wonderfully as a substitute for noodles, and makes the meal lighter and let the other ingredients used stand with their own flavors. I did mine in this order: layer of polenta, layer of pesto, layer of fresh spinach, layer of onions (1/2 of a white) and fresh tomatoes (about 7 romas), layer of ricotta cheese, layer of sauce, next layer of polenta,layer of mozzarella, then topped with pinenuts and fresh parmesean! It was fantastic and I may never eat noodle lasagna again! - 02 Dec 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Very tasty. I improvised a bit. I pre-baked the polenta to crisp it up a bit. I also added fresh spinach, fresh toms, onions, and red bell peppers. Will make again and maybe improvise some more. - 13 Jul 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This was excellent! I used pizza sauce (that's all I had on hand), sauteed spinach and onion in some olive oil and layered that over the pesto, then added cottage cheese (again, that's all I had on hand), then sauce, polenta and more sauce. Before assembling the lasagna, I sprayed the polenta with Pam and baked it for about 8 mins, then put it under the broiler for about 5 mins each side. That helped with the consistency, I think. And I sprayed my pan with Pam instead of olive oil. This was delicious and I will definitely make again. - 27 May 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)