Baked Sausage with Onion and Cheddar Polenta

Prepare the ingredients and the oven. This is what's coming on your plate — prepare the ingredients in advance so the work goes smoothly 🌽🥓 Preheat the oven to 200 °C.

Prepare the onion. Peel the red onion, cut it into strips and place it in a baking dish.

Prepare the sausage. Slice the sausage into pieces about 2–3 cm thick and add them to the baking dish with the onion.

Bake the sausage with the onion. Drizzle everything with oil, toss lightly and place in the preheated oven. Bake for about 15 minutes, until the sausage starts to brown and the onion softens.

Prepare the milk base. Pour the milk into a saucepan, set over medium heat, season generously with salt and pepper and grate the garlic into it. Bring to a boil.

Chop the parsley. Meanwhile, optionally tear the parsley leaves and slice them into thin strips (chiffonade).

Cook the polenta. When the milk begins to boil, add the polenta and stir thoroughly. Reduce the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. If the polenta is too thick, add a little more milk. The consistency should resemble mashed potatoes.

Add the cheese. When the polenta is done, add the cheddar, mix everything well and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve. Divide the polenta among plates or bowls, top with the baked pieces of sausage and onion and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately 🍽️✨