Easiest Way to Make Tasty Rustic Italian Pie

Rustic Italian Pie.

You can cook Rustic Italian Pie using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rustic Italian Pie

1. Prepare of ground beef.
2. You need of Italian sausage.
3. Prepare of onion, chopped.
4. You need of garlic, minced.
5. It's of canellini beans (great white northern).
6. Prepare of diced tomatoes.
7. It's of tomato paste.
8. Prepare of Italian parsley, chopped.
9. It's of garlic salt.
10. You need of Italian seasoning.
11. Prepare of sugar.
12. Prepare of oregano.
13. You need of paprika.
14. Prepare of polenta, I use Bob's Red Mill.
15. You need of fresh grated Parmesan.
16. It's of Parmesan, grated.

Rustic Italian Pie instructions

1. Make polenta per package instructions..
2. While polenta is being prepared, brown hamburger and Italian sausage with onion and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven..
3. Drain excess fat from meat mixture..
4. Add beans and mix well. Then add both cans of diced tomatoes. I use the basil, oregano, and garlic kind. Heat thoroughly..
5. Add tomato paste and seasonings (you can use whatever amount and kind you prefer. I estimated my amounts, as I season and taste constantly until I reach the flavor I like)..
6. Once polenta is nearly done add grated Parmesan cheese to mixture and mix well..
7. Pour meat mixture in casserole dish and pour polenta over that, making sure to completely cover meat mixture..
8. Place in 365 preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until polenta is nicely baked..
9. Serve in bowls with freshly grated Parmesan cheese..