{"id":51754,"date":"2018-08-29T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=51754"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:28","slug":"polenta-meatball-sliders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/polenta-meatball-sliders\/","title":{"rendered":"Polenta and Meatball Sliders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These sliders are quick, easy, and crazy delicious!<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51755 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design19.png\" alt=\"Untitled design(19)\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design19.png 680w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design19-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design19-260x260.png 260w, https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design19-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><!--more--><strong>What You&#8217;ll Need:<\/strong><br \/>\nQuick-Cooking or Ready-Made Polenta<br \/>\nJust FreshDirect 100% Grass-Fed Local Beef Meatballs<br \/>\nMarinara Sauce<br \/>\nShaved Parmesan cheese<br \/>\nParsley<br \/>\nOlive Oil<br \/>\nSalt<br \/>\nPepper<\/p>\n<p><strong>What To Do:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>If using <a href=\"http:\/\/webcmsfdprvw.ecomcmsprod.nj01\/pdp.jsp?productId=spe_roland_polenta_01&#038;catId=picks_nye_apps_1\">quick-cooking polenta<\/a><\/strong>, cook entire 8.8 oz package according to instructions on label. Line a small baking or casserole dish with aluminum foil, leaving plenty of overhang, and lightly grease. Pour in cooked polenta and spread out in an even layer (it should be roughly 1\/2-inch thick). Cover dish with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator until polenta is firm, at least 2 hours. Carefully grab the edges of the foil and lift out polenta. Cut polenta into roughly 2-inch squares and carefully separate from foil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If using ready-made polenta, <\/strong>slice the log into 1\/2 inch thick rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Heat the olive oil in a pan and fry the polenta rounds until golden brown on each side (you may need to work in batches). As soon as a round is removed from the oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>In a saucepan, brown the meatballs. Once browned, lower the heat and add the sauce. Simmer together for about 10-15 minutes. Place a meatball onto each round and top with cheese and parsley. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These sliders are quick, easy, and crazy delicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2739,2736,1621,1601,111,2732],"tags":[401,2641,1981,3002,3000,3001],"class_list":["post-51754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers-recipes-2","category-dinner-recipes-2","category-easy-diy","category-easy-entertaining","category-eat-with-the-season","category-recipes","tag-cheese","tag-dinner","tag-easy-recipes","tag-meatballs","tag-polenta","tag-turkey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51754"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53959,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51754\/revisions\/53959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}