Squash polenta with mushroom & tomato sauce
Ingredients
for 4 people
| 2 tbsp | olive oil |
| 1 | onion, finely chopped |
| 2 | garlic cloves, finely chopped |
| 150 g | mushrooms, sliced |
| 5 dl | puréed tomatoes |
| 1 tin | chopped tomatoes |
| ½ tsp | dried thyme |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| a little | pepper |
| 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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