How To Make Polenta Gratin with Spinach and Wild Mushrooms
Soft, luscious, and incredibly tasteful, this low-fat polenta gratin packs a healthy punch with its tender spinach and wild mushrooms, for a richer meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 12ozmixed wild mushrooms,(5 cups), sliced
- 1large shallot
- 8ozbaby spinach,(8 lightly packed cups), prewashed
- ½tspthyme
- pinchnutmeg,freshly grated
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1tbspunsalted butter
- 1tbspall purpose flour
- ¾cupchicken stock,or low sodium broth
- ½cupcream
- 18ozprepared polenta,(1 log)
- 3ozgruyere cheese
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a large nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the mushrooms and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, for about 6 minutes until lightly browned.
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Add the shallot and cook over moderately low heat for 3 minutes. Add the spinach, thyme and nutmeg and cook over high heat for about 2 minutes, until the spinach has wilted. Season with salt and pepper.
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Spread the spinach evenly in a 2-quart baking dish.
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In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour over moderately high heat. Add the stock and cream and whisk for about 5 minutes until thickened.
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Season lightly with salt and pepper and pour over the spinach.
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Arrange the polenta slices on top of the spinach in overlapping concentric circles, pressing to submerge the polenta slightly. Sprinkle the Gruyère on the polenta.
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Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
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Preheat the broiler. Uncover the polenta and broil 6 inches from the heat for about 2 minutes, or until golden.
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Let stand for 10 minutes.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
 Make Ahead: The unbaked gratin can be refrigerated overnight.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 416.88kcal
- Fat:Â 15.52g
- Saturated Fat:Â 7.06g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 5.88g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.43g
- Carbohydrates:Â 58.69g
- Fiber:Â 5.23g
- Sugar:Â 3.24g
- Protein:Â 10.45g
- Cholesterol:Â 36.56mg
- Sodium:Â 463.79mg
- Calcium:Â 161.53mg
- Potassium:Â 550.53mg
- Iron:Â 3.27mg
- Vitamin A: 242.57µg
- Vitamin C:Â 8.98mg
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