Three Cheese Polenta Gratin Alla Genovese Recipes

THREE-CHEESE POLENTA GRATIN ALLA GENOVESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven on broil setting.
• Bring water, olive oil, and milk to a boil in 4-quart sauce pan. Add polenta in a thin stream, stirring constantly with a whisk. Lower heat and cook while stirring until polenta is thick as porridge, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in ricotta evenly through polenta then fold in mozzarella and fontina; cheeses will begin to melt. Season with salt and pepper.
• Butter an 8x12-inch casserole or gratin dish evenly. Pour hot polenta into casserole and spread evenly with a spatula. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese evenly across top of polenta. Place in oven on broiler setting on middle rack and bake for 3 to 5 minutes, or until top of polenta is golden brown. Remove from oven, set aside for 5 to 7 minutes and then serve. Letting polenta rest will allow cheese to melt evenly inside casserole, which also needs to cool down because of it being so hot.

PESTO ALLA GENOVESE

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine basil, garlic, cheese, salt and pepper.
• Process until a coarse paste forms. With machine on, slowly add oil.
• Use immediately or stir in the refrigerator up to 4 days. Or freeze.

CHICKEN GENOVESE

Steps:

• In saucepan over medium heat, place ½ cup olive oil.
• When hot, add mushrooms, shallots and red peppers.
• Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until mushrooms start to soften.
• Turn to low heat.
• Crush plum tomatoes by hand and add.
• Stir thoroughly.
• Add basil, rosemary, black pepper, celery salt and sugar, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add Spanish olives.
• This sauce can be made ahead of time if desired.
• When ready to eat, cut chicken in thin strips, approximately l ounce.
• Lightly coat with flour and place in hot frying pan, over medium heat, containing ½ cup olive oil.
• When chicken is golden brown, turn it over.
• Add prepared sauce to chicken and add ½ cup heavy cream.
• Stir thoroughly.
• Serve Chicken Genovese over pasta or white rice.
• Top with grated cheese and fresh parsley, if desired.

BISTECCA D' IPPOGLOSS ALLA GENOVESE

Steps:

• Rinse the halibut and pat dry. Season with salt and pepper and dust with the flour.
• Fry the steaks in butter for 4 - 5 minutes per side until golden brown, then remove and place on platter, set aside and keep warm.
• Deglaze the pan with the white wine, add the lemon juice and mix in, then add the ceam and mix it in also, simmer for 3 minutes.
• Next add the basil, parsley and capers, season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the sauce over the halibut and sprinkle with the parsley and serve immediately.

MINESTRONE ALLA GENOVESE (WITH PESTO)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil.
• Saute onion and garlic 2-3 minutes.
• Add cabbage, celery, and carrots. Saute 5 minutes.
• Add broth, water, tomato paste, and herbs. Partially cover pan and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add zucchini, beans, and salami; cook 15 minutes.
• Add pasta; cook until al dente.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Stir in pesto sauce just before serving.
• Serve in large bowls with grated cheese.

PESTO ALLA GENOVESE

Steps:

• Pound the basil, garlic, salt and pine nuts together in the mortar until they are a paste. Start by grinding the mass against the sides of the mortar, using a twisting motion of the pestle. Once everything has been reduced to a paste, you can start pounding.
• Slowly add the cheeses, about a tablespoon at a time, continuing to pound.
• Once the cheeses are fully incorporated, scrape it into a bowl and begin slowly adding the olive oil, stirring constantly.
• Transfer any leftovers into a sealable jar, and float a thin layer of oil on top.

CANNELONNI GENOVESE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and stir until limp but not brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add veal (breaking up) and wine cook to lightly browned ; cover pan, reduce heat, and simmer gently until veal is cooked. Add spinach and cook until soft.
• Add ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, nutmeg, and salt to food processor; whirl until mixture is finely ground. You can also blend in the pan.
• Stuff mixture into cannelloni shell. Alternately, you can use lasagna noodles and roll as you would a burrito or egg roll. I have also found that making pasta is rather easy. Roll the pasta dough out and cut in rectangles, 3x5 is a good size. Place a row of the filling down the center, fold long sides together.
• In each of two shallow 9- by 13-inch baking dishes, spread a layer of the Rosatella Sauce over bottom to coat lightly. Set the cannelloni, seam down, in sauce, spacing equally. Carefully spoon the remaining sauce over cannelloni to coat well.
• Scatter fontina (and mozerella) over cannelloni.
• Bake cannelloni, uncovered, in a 375° oven until sauce is bubbling, cheese is melted, and filling is hot in the center, 25 to 35 minutes. Transfer to plates with a wide spatula and spoon some of the sauce around each serving. Alternatively, bake in individual baking dishes.
• Garnish with chopped parsley.