Meats and Sausages
Vegetarian Polenta Sausage with Cranberries
Polenta is cornmeal boiled into a porridge. Polenta has a creamy texture due to the gelatinization of starch in the grain. Polenta takes 35-45 minutes to cook, typically simmering in water in four times its volume with almost constant stirring, necessary for even gelatinization of the starch.
| Materials | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Polenta | 750 g | 1.65 lb |
| Cranberries | 50 g | 1.76 oz |
| Raisins | 50 g | 1.76 oz |
| Sugar | 25 g | 0.88 oz |
| Maple syrup | 30 ml | 1 oz fl |
| Vanilla extract | 30 ml | 1 oz fl |
| Potato starch | 25 g | 0.88 oz |
| Guar gum | 15 g | 0.53 oz |
| Carrageenan | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
Instructions
- Mix 1 cup of cornmeal with 2 parts of cold water.
- In a separate pot bring 1-1/2 cup of water to a boil.
- Add soaked cornmeal and simmer for 35 minutes stirring often.
- Add maple syrup, vanilla, chopped unsoaked cranberries and raisins to 750 g of cool polenta.
- Stir together.
- Add starch, guar gum and carrageenan and mix.
- Stuff hard into 38 mm casings.
- Cook in 176-185° F (80-85° C) water for 20 minutes.
- Place sausages in cold water for 5 minutes.
- Remove and let them cool.


















