Tomatoey chipolatas with polenta

If your kids love mash then they will love these chipolatas (they're the little sausages you see at the supermarket) with polenta. The tomato sauce makes it super-yummy.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 onion

    diced

  • 1 clove garlic

    crushed

  • 12 baby chipolata sausages

  • 400g chopped tomatoes

    canned

  • 1 tsp dried oregano

  • 1L chicken stock

  • 1 cup instant polenta

  • 60g parmesan cheese

    freshly grated

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 large frying pan
  • 1 plate
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 wooden spoon

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook sausages until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
  2. Add onion and garlic to the pan and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until softened. Add tomatoes and oregano, bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add sausages and cook for a further 10 minutes or until sauce is thick.
  3. While the sauce is simmering, bring the stock to the boil in a saucepan. Slowly add polenta, whisking until all added.
  4. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to low and stir constantly with a wooden spoon for a further 8-10 minutes or until the polenta is cooked (the texture of mashed potato).
  5. Remove from heat and stir in parmesan.
  6. Serve sausage casserole on a puddle of polenta.

Notes

Tip
The stock and parmesan give enough flavour and I don’t add extra salt.
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I poured the leftover polenta onto a plate and used it in the Polenta cake with anything goes salad
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Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.
Variation
To make this dish gluten-free, use gluten-free chipolatas and gluten-free stock.

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