One Pot Sausage Ragu with Polenta Crust

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1187

Rich, comforting sausage ragu is taken to a new and delicious level when it's topped with sweet polenta and bubbling cheese. This is soon to become a real family-favourite.

recipe updated 12 May 2020

Ingredients

  • Onion icon
    Onion
    2
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Fresh oregano icon
    Fresh oregano
    2 tablespoons
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    60 ml
  • Sausage icon
    Sausage
    680 g
  • Fennel seeds icon
    Fennel seeds
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Red wine icon
    Red wine
    180 ml
  • Tomato sauce icon
    Tomato sauce
    360 ml
  • Tomato purée icon
    Tomato purée
    65 g
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed
  • Instant polenta icon
    Instant polenta
    510 g
  • Parmesan cheese icon
    Parmesan cheese
    150 g
  • Cheddar cheese icon
    Cheddar cheese
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Dutch oven

Step preview

  1. Heat olive oil to a clean Dutch oven
  2. Add onion to the Dutch oven
  3. Cook until softened
  4. Add garlic clove to the Dutch oven
  5. Cook - 3 min
  6. Crumble sausage over the Dutch oven
  7. Add fennel seeds to the Dutch oven
  8. Cook until light golden - 10 min
  9. Stir in red wine, tomato sauce, tomato purée and fresh oregano to the Dutch oven
  10. Simmer
  11. Cook until thick - 30 min, low heat
  12. Season with salt & pepper to taste
  13. Pre-heat in grill - medium heat
  14. Crumble instant polenta over the Dutch oven
  15. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese
  16. Broil in grill until melted - 5 min, medium heat
  17. Serve
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