Recipes for Disaster - Ep 37 - Butternut Squash and Sausage

Recipes for Disaster - Ep 37 - Butternut Squash and Sausage Polenta - twitch.tv/cyborgshadow & twitch.tv/themattabase

Ingredients:
4  tsp kosher salt
2 bay leaf
2 cup polenta
2 cup grated butternut squash
6 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp olive oil
3 lb pounds sweet Italian sausage, sliced
2 tsp minced rosemary
2 tbsp black pepper
2 small yellow onions sliced into quarters
rosemary -- for garnish
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
- Grate 2 cups butternut squash (be sure not to grate any seed portion
- Slice sausages into 1/4" slices
- Mince rosemary
- Quarter onions
- In a large pot over medium-high heat, boil 9 cups water, salt and bay leaves
- Slowly whisk in polenta
- Stir in squash
- Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring frequently until polenta and squash are tender, 20 to 30 minutes
- If the mixture gets too thick while cooking, add a little more water to the pot
- Stir in butter and 2 tsp black pepper
- While polenta cooks, heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- Add sausage and rosemary
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is cooked, 7 to 10 minutes. (Do this in batches if necessary, adding oil if the pan looks dry.)
- Transfer to a cookie sheet drying rack or paper towels
- Add more oil to the skillet if it looks dry, then add onions
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender and golden, 10 to 15 minutes
- Return sausage to pan and stir to heat throughout
- Spoon polenta/squash mixture into bowls and top with sausage and onion
- Garnish with rosemary
- Serve!

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