What can I do about this meal, always having problems with it?
Problem is technical, I always end up with it being very tasty as it should be, but I struggle to make it look the way it should.
The meal is made of polenta, cooked classically with broth, when it thickens I add sliced olives and thyme. Then I pour it into the baking pan and leave it to cool down.
After it is properly cooled down, I slice it and bake it for about 20 minutes each side.
Here is where my problems start; when I need to turn them over. They stick or crumble.
I tried using a baking paper, it sticks, I tried without the paper it sticks, it seems like it doesn't bake the same from the inside and bottom as it does on the outside. The problem is that because it sticks and the meal is of such consistency, while I'm trying to separate it from the paper or the pan large amount stays on the surface leaving me with holes in the dish. And you can't put it just back because it won't merge again.
If I try greasing the pan, its even worse, it won bake at all and it crumbles.
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Have you tried doing them on paper or foil and actually picking the paper up, flipping it over and then gently peeling the paper off the piece? Another solution, place it in individual ramekins and broil the tops to get the browning and let the bottoms go...still would taste yummy and would look gorgeous. Perhaps actually brushing a small amount of oil on both the polenta and the baking dish or paper/foil? Also, a lot of time the issue is that we are trying to flip the food before it is ready to release...like fish, if it doesn't flip easily it's not ready yet, at least that's what Gordon Ramsay always says. By the way, it sounds divine!! If I were being fed this food I wouldn't care if it crumbles a bit!
Put some tomato sauce under it while baking and don't turn it at all . If your looking for crispy then sheloves has it right fry it
You might try a silicone mat to help with the sticking problem.