This Italian-inspired Polenta with Pesto and Roasted Tomatoes is the ultimate answer to lunch or light dinner. Creamy and cheesy polenta topped with oven-roasted tomatoes and homemade green pesto. Finish it off with a sprinkle of crumbled feta cheese and freshly cracked black pepper for extra flavor. Yum!
Start out by roasting the cherry tomatoes with olive oil until they burst. Meanwhile, toast the walnuts and make the green pesto in a food processor. Next, make a batch of quick-cooking polenta and stir in the feta cheese. Make sure to pour the polenta into the saucepan in a thin stream, whisking constantly as you go. Once the polenta is cooked, spoon the polenta onto plates, swirl with green pesto, and top with roasted cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle with more feta cheese, and enjoy!
To make the Polenta with Pesto and Roasted Tomatoes, you will need the following ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 360 °F.
On a lined with parchment paper baking sheet, place the cherry tomatoes and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Roast the tomatoes for about 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile, toast ¼ cup walnuts in a dry skillet until golden. Set aside to cool.
In a food processor, combine 1 cup chopped parsley, 1 cup chopped basil, 1 crushed garlic clove, 2 tablespoons olive oil. Blend until smooth and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
In a saucepan, bring ½ cup whole milk and 2 ⅓ cups vegetable broth to a boil.
Gradually pour in ⅔ cup polenta, whisking constantly, let simmer for about 2 minutes.
Stir in ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese. Season with salt to taste.
To serve, divide the polenta among serving bowls and top with green pesto, roasted tomatoes and more feta.
Make this simple Polenta with Pesto and Roasted Tomatoes, and enjoy a bowl of summer comfort food. Paired with homemade pesto, burst cherry tomatoes, and feta, this creamy dish is the perfect weeknight dinner. If you try this recipe, let us know! Snap a photo and don’t forget to tag #cookmerecipes on Instagram so we can see it.
Really well made! The polenta turned out perfectly! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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