3 creamy oven polenta with Recipes

fat-trimmed boned beef chuck or other cut suitable for stewing, rinsed and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks, dry red wine such as zinfandel or merlot, diced tomatoes, chopped fresh basil leaves or 3 tbsp dried basil, peeled garlic cloves, fresh-cracked or coarse-ground black pepper, salt, creamy polenta, oven-dried tomatoes or 2 roma tomatoes, rinsed and sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, gremolata