Polenta Bites with Mushroom & Caramelized Onion Ragu

 These little one-bite wonders, as I like to call them accompanied me and the lemon bars [from the last post] to the housewarming party. I saw a few recipes which inspired me to make these, one was warm polenta on individual spoons with caramelized onions, and the other was a mushroom marsala sauce. I changed a few things up (ok, many things) and came up with this delicious topping/sauce for polenta squares.

I had always wanted to make a fancy type of hors d'oeuvre and these were simple and relatively quick to cook, yet elegant.

These are just bursting with flavor, fresh thyme, italian parsley, and white wine and the polenta is the perfect blank canvas for this sauce. The flecks of green from the parsley elevated the appearance of the dish, making it very pretty. I do have to say, I made it again a couple nights after and used it as a sauce over roasted chicken, de-lish.