Squash polenta with mushroom & tomato sauce

Total: 1 hr 15 min. | Active: 45 min.
vegetarian

I've never thought of combining tomato sauce with squash before. However, it soon became apparent in this recipe that the two go together beautifully. Polenta with an intense squash note combined with a spicy, mushroomy tomato sauce. Perfect for lunch.

Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 people

Mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
onion, finely chopped
garlic cloves, finely chopped
150 g mushrooms, sliced
Tomato sauce
5 dl puréed tomatoes
1 tin chopped tomatoes
½ tsp dried thyme
½ tsp salt
a little  pepper
Polenta
1 kg squash, peeled, cut into 1 cm pieces
1 ½ litre vegetable bouillon, hot
400 g medium-fine polenta
2 ½ dl cream
1 tbsp butter
a little  nutmeg
  salt and pepper to taste
½ bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

How it's done

Mushrooms

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Briefly sauté the onion and garlic, add the mushrooms and cook for approx. 5 mins.

Tomato sauce

Place the mushrooms, passata and chopped tomatoes in an ovenproof dish, season.

Bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove the tomato sauce.

Polenta

Cover and cook the squash in the stock for approx. 20 mins. until very soft. Remove the squash with a slotted spoon, puree until smooth. Return the stock to the boil, stir in the polenta, reduce the heat, simmer over a low heat for approx. 4 mins., stirring constantly to form a thick puree. Mix in the squash puree, cream and butter, season. Serve the polenta with the tomato sauce, garnish with parsley.

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