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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease a 2-quart baking dish. | 2. If using fresh basil leaves, snip them up into little pieces. | 3. In a medium bowl, mix together the mozzarella, the parmesan, and the basil.Set aside. | 4. For the polenta, in a medium saucepan bring 2 3/4 cups of water to a boil. | 5. Meanwhile, in a bowl mix together the cornmeal, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper. | 6. Stir the cup of COLD water into the cornmeal mixture. | 7. SLOWLY add the cornmeal mixture to the boiling water,stirring constantly. | 8. Cook and stir until the mixture returns to a boil. | 9. Reduce heat to low, and cook for 15 minutes, or until mixture is very thick, stirring often. | 10. Pour 1/3 of the hot mixture into the greased baking dish. | 11. Sprinkle with 1/2 the cheese blend. | 12. Repeat the same two layers again, using another 1/3 of the hot mixture, and the remaining 1/2 of the cheese. | 13. Pour over the last 1/3 of the hot mixture. | 14. Cool for 1 hour. | 15. Cover and chill overnight. | 16. When you are ready to cook the polenta, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. | 17. Place the uncovered polenta into the hot oven for about 40 minutes, or until lightly browned on top, and heated through. | 18. Let the polenta stand for 10 minutes before cutting to serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pre mozzarella cheese	1 1/2	1/2	pre-shredded	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
basil leaf	2	tablespoons	crushed	-	-	-	-
yellow cornmeal	1	cup		407.48	85.7416	10.1016	4.148
cold water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
garlic powder	1/2	teaspoon		5.1305	1.1273	0.2565	0.0113
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.