While the polenta is being made mozzarella and Gorgonzola cheese are stirred in. It is then chilled and sliced and then baked with Parmesan cheese.

A dish from Isernia in Molise of polenta cooked, chilled and sliced and then layered with red kidney beans and peperoncino stewed in olive oil with garlic. The whole dish is then baked.

"Black polenta." A type of polenta made with buckwheat, giving it a dark hue.

Polenta cooked, chilled and sliced, layered with bolognese sauce, topped with Parmesan sauce and baked.

Polenta cooked, chilled and sliced, layered with béchamel sauce, mushrooms and bolognese sauce, topped with Parmesan sauce and baked.

Polenta cooked, chilled and sliced, layered bolognese sauce and truffles, topped with Parmesan sauce and baked.

Polenta cooked, chilled and sliced, layered with tomatoes and crumbled sausage meat and bolognese sauce, topped with Parmesan sauce and baked.

Polenta cooked, chilled and sliced, layered with minced (US: ground) meat sauce, often veal, with tomatoes, cockscombs and mushrooms.

A dish from Lombardy of polenta cooked, chilled and sliced and then fried and served onion, milk and cheese.

A dish from Sardinia of polenta cooked, chilled and sliced and then layered with a sauce of crumbled sausagemeat, cheese and tomatoes.