50 Recipes 2011, #8: quick sausage sauce

[nonelvis]

I've been watching Worst Cooks in America -- I have no idea why, because watching the contestants make basic cooking errors is incredibly frustrating -- but on Sunday, they made a quick sausage ragù over polenta cakes that looked really good. I didn't plan on going to the trouble of making my own sausage as the first step, which frankly negates the "quick" part of the recipe title, in my opinion. Also, I decided to serve this over mashed potatoes, because much as I enjoy polenta, we have a good three pounds of CSA potatoes that need eating.

It's a very easy recipe, and I'll agree it's quick, assuming you have pre-made sausage and a food processor to mince the vegetables as required; I'll probably try it again over the polenta at some point. And if I ever get around to ordering the sausage grinder attachment for my KitchenAid I've been meaning to buy for forever now, maybe I'll even make it with my own sausage.

Comments

[midori-marmotte.livejournal.com]

if you have potatoes to use, make röstis for a change:
grate your cooked and pealed potatoes (with a big hole grate), make a cake of it with a tad of salt and peper, cook in a frying pan with a little bit of oil/grease/butter/...

Here is the "bernois" version, it involves adding bacon cubes... :P http://www.saison.ch/fr/recettes/rosti-bernois/detail/

[nonelvis]

Looks delicious! I'm going to have to give it a try. Merci :)