How To Make Pepperoni Polenta Pizza
If you’re feeling a little experimental, try some of this pepperoni polenta pizza. A refreshing take on a popular dish yet filling and flavorful.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cupdry polenta
- 2¼cupswater
- ½tspsalt
- 2tspolive oil
- ½cuponion,thinly sliced
- ¼cupgreen bell pepper,diced
- ½cupmarinara sauce
- 10reduced fat pepperoni slices
- ⅓cuptomato,diced
- ¼tspdried oregano
- salt and pepper,to taste
- ½cuppart-skim mozzarella cheese,shredded
Instructions
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Place the polenta, water, and salt in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly for 3 to 5 minutes, until thick.
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Pour into a pie plate or shallow baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled.
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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and bell pepper, and cook, stirring until onion is soft. Set aside.
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Spread the marinara sauce over the chilled polenta ‘crust’. Top with the onion and pepper mixture, pepperoni, tomato, and oregano. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
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Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Sprinkle cheese over the top, and continue to bake for an additional 2 to 3 minutes, until cheese is melted.
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Cut into 6 wedges, and serve hot.
Nutrition
- Calories: 167.30kcal
- Fat: 8.90g
- Saturated Fat: 4.16g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.33g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.68g
- Carbohydrates: 14.81g
- Fiber: 1.49g
- Sugar: 2.58g
- Protein: 7.01g
- Cholesterol: 23.21mg
- Sodium: 415.90mg
- Calcium: 141.89mg
- Potassium: 171.94mg
- Iron: 0.56mg
- Vitamin A: 56.14µg
- Vitamin C: 7.58mg
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