Polenta pasticciata

To assemble polenta pasticciata (sometimes spelled pastizzada), in which layers of cooked polenta are alternated with sugo in the manner of some baked pastas, you do not need a cream sauce, as you do for lasagna, but you do need cheese, which can be either shredded, as is the case here, or thinly sliced. While this dish looks like lots of work, you can cook the polenta up to I day in advance and the sauce up to 3 days ahead of time. Also, the dish can be fully assembled