One Skillet Sausage and Polenta Parmesan

Ready in 40 minutes
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
1 seventeen-ounce tube of prepared polenta, sliced into eight rounds
8 ounces of sweet or hot Italian sausage, with casings removed
6 ounces of diced cremini mushrooms
 2 cloves of chopped garlic
1 twenty-eight-ounce can of crushed by hand whole plum tomatoes
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley, plus more for topping
8 ounces of sliced mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese
Freshly ground pepper and kosher salt

Directions

First preheat the broiler and heat the olive oil in a large nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Then add the polenta and fry until golden, for about three minutes per side. After that transfer to a plate.

Next add the sausage to the skillet and cook, stirring and breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until just browned, for about three minutes. Then add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften, for about three minutes. After that add the garlic and cook for one minute. Then stir in the tomatoes, one teaspoon of salt and half teaspoon of pepper and bring to a boil. After that reduce the heat to medium low and simmer until slightly thickened, for about five minutes. Then stir in the parsley.

After that arrange the polenta rounds in the skillet on top of the sauce. Then place the mozzarella slices over the polenta and sprinkle with the parmesan. After that broil until the cheese is browned and bubbling, for about three minutes. In the end top with more parsley and pepper to taste. Enjoy.