Baked Polenta With Sausage And Mushroom Sauce Recipes

BAKED POLENTA WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine water and milk in a large saucepan with polenta. Bring to a boil over high heat; add Parmesan cheese and butter. Stir constantly until thickened, about 3 minutes. Pour polenta into a large, round casserole dish, filling about 1 inch deep.
• Heat olive oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, mushrooms, onion, and garlic in the skillet until sausage is browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Add wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, Italian seasoning, and oregano; cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
• Pour tomato sauce mixture over polenta. Top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

MUSHROOM AND CHEESE BAKED POLENTA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 2-quart baking dish.
• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt and a couple turns of pepper and cook until the mushrooms are tender, about 4 minutes. Add the milk and heavy cream and heat until very warm.
• Whisk together the polenta, sugar, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt and a couple turns of pepper in a large bowl. Whisk the mushroom sauce into the polenta mixture until well combined and thick. Whisk the egg yolks in a small bowl. Whisk 1/2 cup of the hot polenta into the yolks, repeat twice, then pour the yolk mixture into the remaining polenta. Stir in the Cheddar.
• Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a medium bowl until soft, glossy peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the polenta mixture in three additions.
• Spoon the polenta mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake until golden and puffed, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

BAKED POLENTA WITH SAUSAGE AND ARTICHOKE HEARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add onion and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Remove skillet from heat and stir in artichokes; season with salt and pepper.
• In a 2-quart baking dish, layer polenta rounds and spoonfuls of sausage mixture. Pour stock over top and bake until bubbling and polenta is pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

SAUSAGE POLENTA BAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine cornmeal and salt. Gradually add boiling water, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes or until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese. , Spread polenta into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage in oil over medium heat for 5 minutes or until no longer pink; drain. Add spaghetti sauce; cook for 5 minutes or until heated through. , Spread over polenta; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 12-15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.

BAKED POLENTA WITH SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Prepare polenta: Stir water, polenta, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper together in an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until most of the water has been absorbed, about 40 minutes.
• While the polenta is baking, prepare sauce: Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook for 7 minutes.
• Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Pour in sausage, chicken stock, and diced tomatoes; simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove polenta from the oven and stir in Parmesan cheese. Spoon sauce over polenta and serve.

POLENTA WITH SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Bring 6 cups of water to a simmer and add the polenta. Cook over low heat, stirring often, 45 minutes. Stir in the butter, Parmesan and olive oil and keep warm.
• Add the tomatoes, sausage, garlic, peppers, onion and crushed red pepper to a large cast-iron pot and simmer, 30 minutes. Serve sauce over polenta, topped with some ricotta and basil.

BAKED POLENTA WITH WILD MUSHROOM AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare polenta and chill.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Put tomatoes in saucepan and bring to boil. Let cook until reduced to about 2 cups.
• Heat half of oil in small skillet and add garlic. Cook briefly and add tomatoes, salt and pepper. Add hot pepper flakes.
• Thinly slice mushrooms. Heat remaining oil in skillet and add mushrooms, salt and pepper. Cook briefly, stirring, until mushrooms give up liquid. Cook until liquid evaporates. Add mushrooms to tomato sauce and simmer 3 minutes.
• Cut polenta into 1/2-inch slices. Arrange about 1/3 of slices on bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/2 mushroom and tomato sauce. Sprinkle with 1/3 of butter and 1/3 of cheese. Add second layer of polenta. Add another layer of tomato and mushroom sauce, another 1/3 of butter and another 1/3 of cheese.
• Add final layer of polenta and sprinkle with remaining butter and cheese.
• Place in oven and bake 20 minutes. Preheat broiler to high. Run dish under broiler until golden brown on top.

POLENTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine 1 cup water and cornmeal. In a saucepan, bring salt and remaining water to a boil. Slowly stir in cornmeal mixture. Reduce heat; cook for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the sausage and garlic over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Cool slightly. Cut sausage into 1-in. pieces; return to skillet. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and parsley; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat., Spread half of the cornmeal mixture in a serving dish; top with half of the sausage mixture. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

BAKED POLENTA WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In medium saucepan, bring the water and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil.
• Add the cornmeal in a slow stream, whisking.
• Whisk in tablespoon of the butter 1/4 teaspoon of the sage.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until vey thick, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in 3 tablespoons of the Parmesan.
• Meanwhile, butter an 8"x12" baking dish.
• In a large frying pan, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter and 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderately high heat.
• Add half the mushrooms, 1/2 of garlic 1/4 tsp each of the salt and sage and 1/4 tsp of the pepper.
• Cook, stirring frequently until the mushrooms are golden, about 5 minutes.
• Remove.
• Repeat with remaining mushrooms, salt, garlic, salt, sage and pepper.
• Pour half the polenta into the baking dish and spread in an even layer.
• Top with half the mushrooms, followed by half of the Fontina and 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan.
• Repeat with remaining polenta, mushrooms, Fontina and Parmesan.
• Bake until cheese is bubbling, about 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.