RECIPE: Soft polenta with tomato sugo
Updated: Jun 19, 2022
Polenta isn't only a northern and central Italian dish. Nor does it need a rich accompaniment of meat or dairy. Try this soft southern style, inspired by how my nonna used to make it - with a tomato sugo. Pure simplicity, pure comfort.

Nonna would layer soft polenta with a simple passata sauce. Food of that era in the south was basic yet nourishing, filling and flavourful. Tucking into a bowl of this, the warmth flows through you. Be liberal with the sugo - polenta greedily soaks up all the sauce it can handle. Recipe from A Vegan Summer in Southern Italy.
Soft Polenta with Tomato Sugo (Polenta al sugo)
Serves 4 mains | 40 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Sugo
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
400g tomato passata
1 teaspoon salt
few basil leaves, optional
Polenta
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups polenta