Polenta with Italian Sausages and Peppers
From chefmeow 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
POLENTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Estes Estate in Dallas, Texas in 1984.
Ingredients
- 4 links italian sausage shopping list
- 2 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 1 green bell pepper shopping list
- 1 red bell pepper shopping list
- 1 medium yellow onion shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 14 ounce can diced tomatoes shopping list
- 1/2 cup red wine shopping list
- 4 sprigs flat leaf parsley shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano shopping list
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 cup instant polenta shopping list
How to make it
- Put sausage in skillet large enough to hold it in one layer.
- Add 1/2 cup hot tap water and put over high heat.
- Prick sausages a few times with tip of paring knife then cover and bring to boil.
- Uncover and cook 5 minutes turning sausage once or twice to brown evenly.
- Place olive oil in sauté pan over medium heat.
- Cut top from green bell pepper then stand remove center core and seed and cut into strips.
- Repeat with red bell pepper and add both to pan then raise heat to high and stir.
- Halve and peel onion then peel garlic.
- Put onion and garlic in food processor and pulse just until chopped then add to pan and stir.
- Place salt and 3-1/2 cups hot tap water in large heavy saucepan.
- Cover and bring to boil over high heat for 3 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and wine to vegetables in pan then cover and bring to boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat to brisk simmer.
- Chop parsley leaves then half the parsley, oregano, salt and pepper to tomato pepper mixture.
- Stir well and cover then cut sausages crosswise into 1” pieces then add to tomato pepper mixture.
- When water boils gradually pour in polenta while stirring constantly with a sturdy whisk.
- When polenta boils lower heat to medium and stir 2 minutes.
- Pour polenta onto a platter and spread out evenly with large rubber spatula.
- Pour sausage mixture over top then sprinkle with remaining parsley.
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Soooooooooooo GOOD! Thanks for sending this.
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Oh Yeah Chef, This Has My Name All Over It. Thnx For Sharing.
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