

This looks as good as it tastes – spoil your dinner guests!
Serves 4

| 600 | ml | vegetable stock | |
| 200 | g | corn meal (fine, medium or coarse) | add to stock and simmer on a low heat for c. 15 minutes, remove saucepan from heat |
| 1 | tblsp | olive or corn oil | heat in a second saucepan |
| 1 | clove | garlic | finely chopped |
| 1 | stalk | leek | wash thoroughly, chop up finely and sauté together with garlic until soft, mix into polenta |
| 50 | g | Pecorino or Feta cheese | crumble |
| 50 | g | Gruyere, grated | fold into polenta mixture |
| salt & pepper | to taste | ||
| grease a bread tin and pour in polenta mixture, allow to set for at least 30 minutes |
| 1 | tblsp | olive or corn oil | heat in a pan |
| 1 | small onion | finely chopped | |
| 1 | clove | garlic | finely chopped, sauté together with onion |
| 1 | tin | chopped tomatoes | add |
| 100 | ml | red wine | add and simmer for 15 minutes (without a lid) |
| 1 | tblsp | fresh basil | cut into fine strips |
| 10 | olives | stoned, halved, add to the sauce | |
| salt & pepper | add to taste | ||
| Tip out the polenta, cut into slices and place on tin foil. Briefly reheat in the oven or in a pan with a bit of oil, turning them over on both sides | |||
| Place the sauce on to four plates and the polenta slices on top. |
The finer the corn meal, the faster it is softened. Instead of using olive oil, any other oil is also fine. If so desired, leaving out the red wine.