Sausage Ragù over Creamy Polenta

Name: Sausage Ragù over Creamy Polenta
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: 3/4 cup polenta, 1/2 cup sausage mixture, and 1 tablespoon parsley)
Ingredients: 3 (4-ounce) links sweet turkey Italian sausage, casings removed; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 cup finely chopped onion; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 1/2 cups lower-sodium marinara sauce (such as McCutcheon's); 2 1/3 cups water, divided; 1 cup whole milk; 3/4 cup instant polenta; 1 ounce fresh pecorino Romano cheese, grated; 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

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Hands-on Time

40 Mins

Total Time

50 Mins

Yield

Serves 4 (serving size: 3/4 cup polenta, 1/2 cup sausage mixture, and 1 tablespoon parsley)

Turkey sausage and bottled marinara combine for a healthy, quick, and affordable twist on this Italian classic. Serve with a romaine salad tossed with red wine vinegar and olive oil.

Ingredients

3 (4-ounce) links sweet turkey Italian sausage, casings removed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups lower-sodium marinara sauce (such as McCutcheon's)
2 1/3 cups water, divided
1 cup whole milk
3/4 cup instant polenta
1 ounce fresh pecorino Romano cheese, grated
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

How to Make It

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage; sauté for 6 minutes, stirring to crumble. Remove sausage from pan; drain. Wipe pan clean; return to medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl. Add onion, and sauté 4 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Stir in sausage, marinara, and 1/3 cup water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 20 minutes.

Step 2

Bring remaining 2 cups water and milk to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat; reduce heat to low. Gradually add polenta, and cook for 3 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in cheese and pepper. Serve with sausage mixture; top with parsley.

Ratings & Reviews

RDLevitt's Review

2014-09-05T09:33:05-04:00 RDLevitt

Very good! My only complaint is that it needed salt (probably the point of the recipe, but if you're not watching sodium, I would add a tsp to the sauce). The polenta turned out creamy and delicious, even without a ton of butter like you usually see it. The ragu was overall good, and went with the polenta nicely. You could put it over pasta, too, I'm sure. I grated some extra cheese to sprinkle over top, which was a nice touch. Overall, a solid recipe I'll make again.

Rbourne143's Review

2014-08-18T16:39:50-04:00 Ketamom

Delicious, made it exactly as listed.

sarakroe's Review

2014-08-12T14:49:30-04:00 Rbourne143

So easy and so delicious!!

Ketamom's Review

2012-03-16T20:06:45-04:00 KHawkins

This was delicious! I used wine instead of the water in the meat sauce. Also used pork sweet Italian sausage rather than turkey. Would definitely make this one again. Leftovers were just as good.

DaniLynnR's Review

2012-02-13T15:56:25-05:00 sarakroe

I gave this 5 stars (with a few changes I made). I added 2 T. of basil and little bit of salt to the polenta (at the end of the cooking process). I also added a bit of basil and a little more garlic to the sausage ragu. Finally, I added some organic, no salt added canned tomatoes to the ragu. Very filling, very fast, and very delicious! I will definitely make this again.

KHawkins's Review

2012-02-12T17:36:06-05:00 blackberrygirl

All four of my teenagers love this!

ChefKiki's Review

2012-01-31T14:49:59-05:00 ChefKiki

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blackberrygirl's Review

2012-01-30T08:13:24-05:00 acoston

Very good - used Lucini marinara sauce from Whole Foods and LOVED the flavor. Felt the polenta needed something extra - added salt and could have used a nice dose of parm but tried to maintain the "light" aspect of the recipe. Both my husband and my daughter liked this recipe.

acoston's Review

2012-01-21T05:02:10-05:00 DaniLynnR

This is great! A very filling recipe. We used hot turkey sausage instead of sweet because we like spicy food.

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