Baked Polenta with Beef and Sausage Ragu

Steps

1. Step 1

   Finely chop the carrot, onion, celery and garlic. Add everything apart from the garlic to a large pan with the olive oil and saute gently for around 6-7 minutes until the veg is soft but not browned.

   1 carrot1 onion1 stalk celery1 tbsp of olive oil

2. Step 2

   Add the beef mince, sausage meat removed from their skins and garlic to the pan and brown the meat. If a lot of fat comes out of the sausages, spoon some of the excess out.

   15 oz (430g) beef mince2 Italian sausages (not spicy)

3. Step 3

   Once browned add the wine and let it reduce by half. Then add the passata/pureed tomatoes with a couple tbsp of water and a good pinch of salt and pepper.

   3 1/4 cups (750g) pureed tomatoes/passata1/2 cup (125ml) red winesalt and pepper (to season)4 cups (1 litre) watersalt