We love recipes that require little effort, but yield maximum results, and our slow cooked polenta with cherry tomatoes is one of those recipes. Slow cooking at a low temperature yields creamy soft polenta and makes the cherry tomatoes tender, sweet, and jammy. Grate a generous amount of Parmesan cheese over the tomatoes for a savory, umami-rich finish.
Slow Cooked Polenta with Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 10 oz cherry tomatoes
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup coarsely ground polenta
- 2½ cups water
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
1) Combine tomatoes, garlic cloves, olive oil, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a Suvie pan, stirring to coat.
2) In a second Suvie pan, whisk together polenta, water, and 1 tsp salt. Insert pans into your Suvie, input settings, and cook now or schedule.
Suvie Cook Settings
Bottom Zone: Slow Cook Low for 4 hours
3) After the polenta has finished cooking, remove from your Suvie and whisk in butter (if polenta still seems too thick, whisk in up to ½ cup hot water, 1 tbsp at a time).
4) Season polenta to taste with salt and pepper and divide between two bowls. Top with cherry tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Note: If you would like to make this recipe in Suvie 1.0, insert pan into the top zones of Suvie, fill reservoir, and set to Slow Cook on Low for 4 hours.
Nutrition
Nutritional Information per serving (2 servings per recipe): Calories 530, Total Fat 26g, Total Carbohydrates 65g, Total Sodium 1180mg, Total Protein 8g
Are both zones supposed to be “slow cook – low” for 4 hours? (The instructions just address the bottom zone, and do not specify which zone should have tomatoes, and which zone should have polenta.)
Hi Caroline, Suvie always applies the same cook settings to the top and bottom zone when Slow Cooking. Suvie never asks for the top zone setting when Slow Cooking because the time and temperature are the same as whatever settings you use for the bottom zone. Suvie automatically sets the top zone once you input the settings for the bottom zone so you don’t have to input anything. Hope that clarifies the situation!