POLENTA, SAUSAGE AND TOMATO LAYERS

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Categories turkey

Number Of Ingredients 6

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1 recipe Basic Polenta
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 hot italian sausages (I use Jennie O Hot Turkey Sausages)
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce (I typically just use a jar of pasta sauce, usually Barilla or Newman's Own)
8 ounces fresh Mozzarella cheese

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter 2 1/2 quart casserole dish. Cook polenta, then stir in 1/4 parmesan cheese. Stir well then scrape the polenta into casserole dish. Heat the oil in a medium skillet, and saute the sausage over medium heat, breaking the pieces up with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the remaining Parmesan over the polenta. Add the sausage, using a slotted spoon, in an even layer. Then spoon on the pasta sauce. Spring with remaining 2 tablespoons parmesan, and top with the mozzarella in an even layer. Bake until bubbling, 30 minutes, then let it stand 10 minutes.