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Braised Fennel Sausages and Soft Polenta
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Brief Description
Great winter comfort food
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Main Ingredient
Sausages
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Category: Pork
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 80 min(s)
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Cook Time: 70 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Source:
WSJ Off Duty, 12/22/2012, adapted from "You're All Invited" by Margot Henderson
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Posted By: wsjrecipes
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Posted On: Dec 26, 2012
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 4 cups - Milk
- 4 cups - Water
- 2 cups - Coarse White Polenta
- - Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper to taste
- 7 tablespoons - Butter diced
- 1 1/2 cups - Parmesan Cheese grated
- 4 - Red Onions
- 4 cloves - Garlic
- 1/2 cups - Olive Oil
- 2 bulbs - Fennel
- 10 - Italian Pork & Fennel Sausages
- 1/2 bottles - Red Wine
- 14 ounces - Chopped Tomatoes 1 can
- - Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper to taste
- - Fresh Herbs (thyme, parsley, rosemary, bay leaf) tied together with kitchen twine
Directions:
1. Heat milk and water in a large heavy-bottomed pan. Once it's simmering, add polenta in a slow stream, whisking constantly to avoid lumps. Continue to stir with a wooden spoon 40-45 minutes on a low heat. When polenta comes away from sides of pan easily, it is cooked. Season with salt and pepper and stir in butter and Parmesan.
2. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut onions into wedges and thinly slice garlic. Heat half oil in a frying pan over low-medium heat, add onions and garlic and cook 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cut fennel into wedges, add to onions and cook about 5 minutes more.
3. Add remaining oil to a separate pan and brown sausages over medium heat, turning them often until they have a good allover color, about 10 minutes. Add red wine and tomatoes and allow to boil 1-2 minutes.
4. Arrange fennel mixture in a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof baking dish and add sausages with tomato sauce. Season lightly with salt and pepper and add bundle of herbs. Cook in oven 1 hour, then turn up heat to 375 degrees and cook 10 minutes more. Sauce should be rich and sausages richly browned. Serve sausages on polenta, with an arugula salad, if you like.
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