Braised Italian sausages with red wine, porcini mushrooms & creamy polenta recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 25g dried porcini mushrooms
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 8 Italian pork sausages
• 200g portobellini mushrooms sliced
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 carrot finely chopped
• 2 celery sticks finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves thinly sliced
• 400g can plum tomatoes
• 2 rosemary sprigs leaves picked and finely chopped
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 200ml chianti
• 1 tsp sugar
• steamed greens, peas and chopped parsley, to serve (optional)
• 375g quick-cook polenta
• 1.4 litres milk
• 80g parmesan finely grated
• 80g butter
• 50ml double cream