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Italian Sausage Stew with Cheesy Polenta
Italian Sausage Stew with Cheesy Polenta

Italian Sausage Stew with Cheesy Polenta

Polenta was once considered ‘food of the peasants’. It’s so popular nowadays that there has even been an Italian folk song written about it: ‘La Bella Polenta’! We recommend you put on some folk music and have a little dance around the kitchen to get you in the mood for this Italian feast!

Tags:
Not Suitable for Coeliacs
Spicy
Allergens:
Sulphites
Cereals containing gluten
Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.

Total30 minutes
Active
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

serving amount

2

Porcini Mushrooms

2

Garlic Clove

½

Red Chilli

1

Onion

3

Sausage

2

Rosemary**

½

Chopped Tomatoes

3

Baby Spinach**

2

Parmesan Cheese

1

Gouda Cheese

Polenta

1.5

Netherend Butter Salted

Nutritional information

/ per serving
Energy (kcal)702 kcal
Energy (kJ)2937 kJ
Fat38 g
of which saturates18 g
Carbohydrate49 g
Protein37 g
Always refer to the product label for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Utensils

Bowl
Knife
Grill Pan
Strainer
Grater
Pot

Instructions

Thinly slice your onions
1

Put the dried mushrooms into a small bowl and pour over 400ml of boiling water. Leave to soak for 20 mins. Peel and finely chop the garlic and finely chop the chilli. Peel and thinly slice your onions into half moon shapes. Cut the sausages into 2cm wide slices.

Fry the sausages
2

Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan, add the sausage and gently fry on medium heat for 6-7 mins until browned.

3

Turn down the heat slightly and add the onions and sweat for 5 mins together with the sausages. Next add the garlic and chilli (the amount depends on how spicy you like things!) to your pan, cooking everything together for an additional 4 mins. Meanwhile, strip the rosemary leaves from their stems and roughly chop. Add them to the pan too.

Wilt the spinach
4

Drain (hold onto the soaking water!) and roughly chop the mushrooms and add them to the pan too. Pour in the reserved soaking water. Tip: This helps add a nice umami flavour! Stir in the chopped tomatoes, 500ml of boiling water, ¼ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of pepper. Simmer uncovered for 10 mins, then add the spinach to wilt for the last 2 mins.

Season to taste
5

Meanwhile, make the polenta. Bring 625ml of water to the boil in a large pot with ½ tsp of salt. Grate the parmesan and tear the gouda into small pieces. Once the water is boiling reduce the heat so the water is simmering and add the polenta to the pot, stirring continuously. After 4 mins, and with the pot still on the heat, add the butter, cheeses, a good grind of black pepper and mix well. Continue to cook. The cheesy polenta should be ready after about 10 mins in total. Taste and add more salt if necessary.

6

Serve the cheesy polenta, topped with the sausage stew in bowls and buon appetito!

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