One-Pan Sweet Italian Sausage with Polenta

Name: One-Pan Sweet Italian Sausage with Polenta
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 , red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and sliced thin; 1 , onion, halved and sliced thin; 1 , fennel bulb, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and sliced thin; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; , Salt and pepper; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 1 1/2 cups, water; 3/4 cup, instant polenta; 2 ounces, Parmesan cheese, grated (1 cup); 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 pound, sweet Italian sausage; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh parsley

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

Main Courses

Pork

A hot oven produced excellent results, but could our skillet stand the heat?

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours

One-Pan Sweet Italian Sausage with Polenta

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make this Italian American classic using only one skillet, we turned to “instant” polenta—already cooked and dried—because it needed only to be whisked into hot liquid to turn into a savory porridge. First we lightly browned sliced onion...

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