Polenta caprese canapés
2
Points®
Total Time
50 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
15 min
Serves
18
Difficulty
Easy
Slice-and-bake precooked polenta makes a wonderful, simple base for upscale, beautiful-looking appetizers that you'll love serving for a crowd. In case you've never shopped for polenta before, the pre-packaged kind is available in a 16-ounce tube in the refrigerator section of your supermarket. Be sure to select a variety labeled fat-free. The canapés also feature slices of fresh mozzarella cheese, basil leaves, cherry tomatoes, and convenient store-bought balsamic glaze. It's all of your favorite flavors of a traditional caprese salad but in convenient bite-sized, delectable treat form. You and all of your guests simply won't be able to resist them.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
6 spray(s)
Fat free ready-to-eat polenta (in tube)
18 oz, sliced into 18 rounds
Fresh mozzarella cheese
8 oz, sliced into 18 rounds
Basil
18 leaf/leaves, left whole or cut into ribbons
Cherry tomatoes
9 medium, halved
Store-bought balsamic glaze
2 Tbsp
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
Black pepper
1 pinch(es)