Monday, January 23, 2012

GCC: Mexican Beef and Polenta Bake


This is my first time posting for the Gutsy Cooks Club and for this week's dish, I chose to make the Mexican Beef and Polenta Bake which is like a Mexican take on Shepherd's Pie. We eat a lot of chili here in our house and with my husband being such a meat lover, I knew this one would be a guaranteed hit for Sunday dinner. And it was! We all loved the flavor of the beef with all the herbs and spices and to eat it topped with creamy and cheesy polenta made it even more delicious! This is definitely going to be made over and over again!


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I started off by cooking the polenta which took a good 20 minutes to get into the perfect porridge consistency. I then blended in the butter, parmesan, rosemary, salt and pepper, to the polenta then poured it on a baking sheet where it firmed up enough for me to cut it in large circles using a cookie cutter. The cut polenta is placed on top of the cooked beef mixture then a generous amount of grated mozzarella is added.

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I think I should've used a bigger dish for this one because I ended up with a lot of leftover polenta which we snacked on while waiting for the dish to bake hehe.

It only took 20 minutes for the cheese to brown and the beef to bubble up at the sides.

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But took even less time for it to look like this LOL

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So yummy!

Looking forward to cooking next week's GCC dish!



4 comments:

  1. Welcome to Gutsy Cooks Club. This sounds like it would be something right up our alley. We might need to go back and make this one. Happy Cooking look forward to reading about your cooking adventures.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Foodie Couple! Yup this one is so good and you should definitely give it a try! Looking forward to reading about your adventures as well!

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  2. Janis! I knew this one was going to be good... I love polenta and have a soft spot for anything that uses it... Even sweet! Again, welcome to Gutsy... looking forward to this weeks post!

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    1. Thanks Monica! I already made the Asian Fried Chicken w/ Honey Ginger sauce...it was really good. I love all of your choices and next time I'll try making at least 2 dishes for that week :-)

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