Roasted Vegetables & Italian Sausage with Polenta
Roasted Vegetables & Italian Sausage with Polenta might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 418 calories, 27g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. If you have fennel bulb, 2 onion, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Coat a 3-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
Combine 4 cups water with cornmeal, and pour into prepared baking dish. Set aside.
Slice fennel into very thin pieces.
Place in a 9- x 13-inch baking dish.
Add bell pepper, red onion, tomatoes, and garlic.
Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with oregano. Toss to coat. Arrange turkey sausage on top, and add 1 cup water.
Bake sausage and vegetables, uncovered, at 425 for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven; turn sausages and toss vegetables.
Place half of vegetable mixture on top of sausages before returning dish to oven.
Reduce oven temperature to 35
Stir cornmeal mixture lightly and place in oven.
Remove cornmeal from oven; stir gently with a fork and return to oven.
Bake both dishes 10 additional minutes or until vegetables are completely soft and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a sausage registers 17
Stir polenta with a fork; add salt. Polenta will continue to thicken as it stands. Top polenta with chopped parsley, if desired
Serve polenta and sausage topped with vegetables and pan sauce.