# @cooking_with_rocco on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJEmUODxmHs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33771468-cooking-with-rocco-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-30T13:09:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rocco Gizzo | 🍝 Italian Cuisine (@cooking_with_rocco) — https://gondola.cc/cooking_with_rocco

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A little Sausage Cacciatore over Polenta | chicken cacciatore is probably one of my favorite comforting dishes… but this sausage cacciatore is a sure contender! 

🐷Sausage
3 lbs sausage (I did half sweet and half hot) 
3 bell peppers (red, green, and orange) 
1 yellow bell pepper onion
6 garlic cloves, smashed 
Oregano
Fennel Seeds, ground 
Red pepper flakes 
Salt & Pepper
Olive Oil 

🍅 Sauce 
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup  white wine
24.5oz jar of Passata di Pomodoro 
Basil 

🌽 Polenta 
4 cups half and half 
3/4 cup polenta 
3 tbsp butter 
Freshly grated parm 
Salt 

Cut your sausage into 2 inch pieces. Then slices the peppers and onions. Add it all to a baking dish and liberally season with the spices above. 

Bake at 425° for 25 to 30 minutes. 

Then remove, and mix in the balsamic, white wine, and passata. Add the cacciatore back to the oven and continue cooking for 30-40 minutes or until the sausage has a nice char and is caramelized. 

While the sausage cooks, make the polenta. 	In a medium saucepan, add the half and half and bring to a simmer.  Once simmering add a pinch of salt and vigorously to get some bubbles moving.  While whisking, slowly pour in the polenta.  Continue whisking for 3 minutes to ensure the polenta doesn’t stick.  Turn heat to low, cover, and cook for at least 30 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon every 5 to 10 minutes. 

Once the polenta is done, remove it from the heat and stir in the butter and copious amounts of parm. 

Plate the polenta, and top with cacciatore, freshly grated parm, and basil! 

#cacciatore #sausagecacciatore #sausageandpeppers #italianfood #italiancooking #easyitalianrecipes

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sausageandpeppers, italiancooking, sausagecacciatore, easyitalianrecipes, italianfood, cacciatore

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