Sausage and Red Pepper Polenta “Lasagne”

Categories: Casseroles- One Dish Meals

Ingredients

• 1 lb. mild, sweet or hot Italian sausage, casings removed if using links
• 1 (12 oz.) jar roasted red bell peppers drained and finely chopped
• 1 small onion very thinly sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (18oz.) tube cooked polenta cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella, drained and cut into small pieces
• 1/2 to 1 (14oz.) jar fire-roasted pizza sauce such as Classico

Directions

1. heat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly coat a 7 × 11-inch baking dish with olive oil.
2. Ina large skillet, brown sausage, breaking it up into crumbs. Drain well and set aside. In the small skillet, cook the peppers, onion and garlic until the onion is soft and translucent. Return sausage to skillet and mix well.
3. Layer half of the meat mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with half of the polenta and half of the cheese. Top cheese with the remaining meat mixture, then the remaining polenta rounds. Spoon the tomato sauce over the polenta. Top with the remaining cheese. Bake 15 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted.

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