Polenta Pie with Sausage: Patissada di Polenta

Name: Polenta Pie with Sausage: Patissada di Polenta
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 carrot, finely chopped; 1 rib celery, finely chopped; 454 grams chicken gizzards, hearts, and cockscombs; 57 grams dried mushrooms, soaked to rehydrate, squeezed dry, and chopped; 1 onion, finely chopped; 237 milliliters young Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated; 237 milliliters polenta or cornmeal; 227 grams pork sausage, ground; 2 Tbsps salt, or to taste; 6 servings Salt and pepper; 3 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped; 946 milliliters water; 118 milliliters stracchino, cut into cubes

Polenta Pie with Sausage: Patissada di Polentan is a gluten free recipe with 6 servings. One serving contains 500 calories, 29g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of stracchino, polenta, salt and pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.

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Oven

In a 12 to 14-inch saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat and add the onion, carrot, celery and salt and pepper, to taste, and cook until softened and golden brown.

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Salt And Pepper

Butter

Carrot

Celery

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the sausage and chicken, and cook until browned. Stir in the tomatoes and cook until they have broken down and released their juices.

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Tomato

Whole Chicken

Sausage

In a separate bowl, combine the mushrooms and cheese.

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Mushrooms

Cheese

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Bowl

Prepare the soft polenta according to the recipe and pour 1/3 into a buttered casserole.

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Polenta

Place a few dots of butter from the remaining 2 tablespoons on top of the polenta, then top it with 1/3 of the meat and tomato mixture, then with 1/3 of the cheese and mushroom mixture. Repeat until all the ingredients are used up. The top layer should be cheese and mushrooms. Cook in the oven for 15 minutes and serve.

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Mushrooms

Polenta

Butter

Cheese

Tomato

Meat

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Oven

In a 3-quart saucepan, heat water and salt until boiling.

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Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Drizzle in polenta in a thin stream, whisking constantly, until all polenta is incorporated and mixture begins to thicken. Switch to a wooden spoon, pull off heat and continue to stir until thick as paste.

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Polenta

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Wooden Spoon