Polenta, Sausage And Tomato Layers

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Butter 2 1/2 quart casserole dish.
3. Cook polenta, then stir in 1/4 parmesan cheese. Stir well then scrape the polenta into casserole dish.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. mozzarella in an even layer.
7. Bake until bubbling, 30 minutes, then let it stand 10 minutes.

recipe basic polenta, parmesan cheese, olive oil, hot italian sausages, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/polenta-sausage-and-tomato-layers-50131470 (may not work)