Polenta with Sausage & Mushrooms

Polenta with Sausage & Mushrooms

Creamy stovetop polenta is the perfect foundation for our hearty sausage and mushroom sauce. Serve up bowlfuls of this rustic, easy staple from Northern Italy anytime you need a hearty quick and easy dinner in under half an hour.

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp Salted Butter
  • 4 cups Whole Milk
  • 1 3/4 cups Cornmeal
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 1 Garlic Clove
  • 1 jar Rao’s Homemade® Italian Sausage & Mushroom Sauce
  • 1 cup Fontina Cheese
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Italian Parsley
  • 1 tbsp Crushed Red Pepper, for garnish
  • Salt & Pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup Asiago

Directions

  • Heat jar of Rao’s Homemade® Italian Sausage & Mushroom Sauce in a stock pot over low heat, simmer for 10 minutes.
  • While the sauce is heating, place a large stock pot over a high heat, add butter and milk.
  • Stir occasionally until butter has melted.
  • Upon reaching a boil, reduce heat to medium. Slowly add cornmeal while continuously whisking.
  • Continue whisking the polenta, about 10 minutes, until it forms a velvety rich consistency. Remove from heat.
  • Top polenta with Rao’s Homemade® Italian Sausage & Mushroom Sauce, garnish with a generous pinch of Fontina cheese.
  • Dust with chopped parsley and crushed red pepper.