The polenta with sausage sauce and pumpkin is a very tasty recipe. It is prepared with semolina cooked in vegetable broth and pumpkin cream added at the end.
The sausage sauce enriches this dish by giving it even more flavor.
Polenta with sausage sauce and pumpkin is a succulent first course for the autumn and winter seasons.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 4/5
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 14 oz tomato sauce
- to taste parsley
- red wine
- 1 carrot
- celery (A piece)
- 1 potato
- 2 onions (For the sauce and pumpkin cream)
- 4 cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup semolina
- 7 oz pumpkin
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- 2 leaves bay leaf
- to taste salt
Tools
- Frying pan
- Pot
- Food processor
Preparation
Prepare the sausage sauce by first browning the onion in oil and then adding the crumbled sausage.
Then pour in some red wine, let it evaporate and add the tomato sauce, parsley, and a little salt.
Cook the broth over moderate heat for about thirty to forty minutes.
Prepare the vegetable broth by adding raw vegetables like celery, carrot, potato, onion, tomatoes into the salted cold water.
Meanwhile, place the pumpkin flesh without the rind in a pan with oil, onion, bay leaf, add salt and cook over low heat with the lid on for about twelve minutes.
Check that it does not stick and, if it does, add a little vegetable broth. Blend the cooked pumpkin to obtain a cream.
Cook for about forty minutes over low heat.
Sprinkle the semolina into the vegetable broth (about 1 quart for four people) and stir often with a wooden spoon to prevent sticking.
Cook for about twenty minutes over low heat and finally mix with the pumpkin cream and blend homogenously.
Add the hot sausage sauce on top and serve the polenta with sausage sauce and pumpkin with some good homemade bread to dip as they do in Puglia.
Polenta with Sausage Sauce and Creamy Orange Pumpkin
Tips for polenta with sausage sauce and pumpkin cream: However, adhere to the doses mentioned and prefer the round orange pumpkin for this recipe.
Finally, in this autumn season, we can find them at a good price at the market and in many varieties.
COME ALSO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PINTEREST BOARD THE RECOVERING COOK
COME ALSO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PINTEREST BOARD THE RECOVERING COOK
