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EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

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“Sausage & Peppers” seem to be an American/Italian thing that most of us fail to enjoy and/or appreciate.
And of course, there is a good reason…….
Sausage and peppers are usually just an afterthought on Italian/American restaurant menus, often using inferior/leftover/stale ingredients, and therefore being treated as food for the fools 😦 .
While traveling and living in Italy, I never came across anything similar in any restaurant, although in private homes, using leftovers and whatever the fridge and/or cupboard provided, could occasionally provide a similar dish………
When I first encountered this dish here in the US a few decades ago, I ordered it a few times and also saw it on plates my fellow diners ordered.
Frankly, more often than not, it was less than appealing, to say it in a nice way.
So, for many years it never occurred to me to prep this dish at home, until it just so happened that Italian sausage meat and peppers were the only things I found in my fridge before going to stock-up my supplies.
Long story, short solution – just look at the pics in this post to see what you can do with these most basic ingredients if you put a bit of love and feeling in the preparation of this so often abused and massacred dish 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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P.S.
If you ever had this dish in a typical Italian/American restaurant, it was probably prepared with sliced Italian sausages, instead of the plain Italian sausage stuffing, shaped into balls, as I did here.
The texture will be very different, but the taste will be the same (Assuming you use “first-class ingredients”) 🙂
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EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

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Preparation :
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: shape 1 lb Italian Sausage meat into 9 balls

: cut 1 ea yellow/green and red peppers into 1″ pieces, add to 1 tblsp olive oil in a medium hot pan, add 1 tblsp tomato paste, 1 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp dry oregano,and kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste

: saute for 3 minutes

: top with the sausage balls, add 1 cup water or unsalted chicken stock, bake in a 373F oven until sausage balls are cooked through but not dry, ca 20 minutes

: EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

: EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

: EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

: EASY DOES IT # 35 – Italian Sausages And Bell Peppers

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This dish is part of my upcoming meal plan –
“HANS’ LIGHTER, HEALTHIER COMFORT FOOD” – MONTH TWO
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“HANS’ LIGHTER, HEALTHIER COMFORT FOOD” – MONTH ONE
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Tomato Soup With Spicy Sausage & Pasta

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Comfort food – the moniker say’s it all – it gives you comfort and leaves you in a better state than you were before you consumed it.
And the best thing about it is that not only does it make you feel good and satisfied, it usually is also uncomplicated and easy on the wallet.
I have included spicy Italian sausage “meatballs” here since I had leftovers from yesterdays dinner. Frozen tomato soup is a staple in my freezer, since I usually make a large batch and freeze whatever I don’t eat right away. ( Empty” Crystal Light” containers are perfect and free for this). So all that was needed for this beauty of a soup was to cook the pasta, heat the soup and saute the sliced sausages in garlic oil.
Voilà – instant great comfort and happiness 🙂
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Click here for Tomato Soup Recipe
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Tomato Soup With Spicy Sausage & Pasta

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Preparation :
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: follow link to tomato soup recipe

: defrost / heat or freshly prepare tomato soup, saute spicy italian sausage, cook elbow maccaroni

: plate mac

: top with sausage

: sprinkle with sliced scallions and grated parmesan

: top with tomato soup

: Tomato Soup With Spicy Sausage & Pasta

: Tomato Soup With Spicy Sausage & Pasta

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Breakfast Of Champions # 29 – ”Sauteed Italian Sausage, Chorizo, Bok Choy & Cauliflower”

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I Didn’t get much sleep last night, so I needed a light but satisfying breakfast at 6.00am.
At first I wanted to add some potatoes, but then decided against it in order leave room for later when a nice lunch was called for 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Sauteed Italian Sausage, Chorizo, Bok Choy & Cauliflower

Saute italian sausage in olive oil

Add garlic paste and onion julienne

Add bok choy and blanched cauliflower, season with kosher salt and sriracha. To plate, sprinkle with chili flakes

Sauteed Italian Sausage, Chorizo, Bok Choy & Cauliflower

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Angel Burger

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If mc donald would serve this thing, I would be there twice a week.What a difference to the usual boring, crappy patty in a bun. This one was spicy, crunchy, tasty, exciting. It combines some of my favorite ingredients, all in one bite :
Noodle pillow, brie cheese, hoisin sauce, spicy italian sausage, vine ripened tomatoes, sriracha sauce and sauteed cabbage and onions seasoned with soy, garlic and ginger.
Now, if this sounds like a hodgepodge to you, you are absolutely right, but it is a hodgpodge where everything comes together just fine and forms a harmonious entity which is just wonderful in its complexity of texture and taste 🙂
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Angel Burger

: Mise En Place Angel Burger

: Saute Onions In Butter

: Add sliced Cabbage

: Season With Soy, Ginger, Garlic & Sriracha

: Saute Angel Hair

: Noodle Pillow

: Hoisin Sauce

: Vine Ripened Tomatoes

: Italian Sausage Burger

: Brie Cheese

: Top With Cabbage / Onion

: Top With Another Noodle Pillow & Scallions

: Angel Burger

: Angel Burger

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Asparagus & Brie Pizza

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Pizza, beer and good company.
Great evening with friends, good music and (mostly) intelligent conversation 🙂
Life is Good !
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Asparagus & Brie Pizza

: Pizza

Ingredient’s :

Dough:

A/P flour, 2 cups (plus more for kneading)
Water, 3/4 cup, warm
Active dry yeast, 1 envelope
Sugar, 1 teaspoon
Olive oil, 3 table spoon
Kosher salt,

Pizza:

Italian sausage, spicy, sauteed
Asparagus, green, blanched
Grape tomatoes, whole
Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Tomato puree, fresh
Roasted garlic puree,
Brie cheese, diced
Asiago cheese, finely grated
Oregano, fresh, chopped
Corn meal,

Method :

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Pour water into small bowl, mix in yeast. Let stand until yeast dissolves, about 5 minutes. Brush large bowl lightly with olive oil. Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, and salt. Add yeast mixture and 3 tablespoons oil, knead until dough forms a sticky ball. Transfer to lightly floured surface. Knead dough until smooth. Dust with flour as you work the dough. Transfer to prepared bowl; turn dough in bowl to coat with oil. Cover bowl with moist towel. Let dough rise until doubled in volume.Punch down dough. Pull dough until desired thickness and shape is achieved. If this is too difficult, roll the dough with a rolling pin. However, in my opinion, the pizza will turn out superior if the dough is pulled.
If you like your dough very thin and crispy, proceed with step 2.
If you like your crust a bit more thick and chewy, you might want to pre-bake your pizza dough for a few minutes.

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Sprinkle pizza pan or baking sheet with cornmeal, place pizza on it. Brush pizza with olive oil, sprinkle lightly with corn meal. Add tomato puree and roasted garlic puree, sprinkle with mozzarella and oregano. Add all other ingredient’s according to picture. Sprinkle with asiago and freshly ground black pepper. Bake at 500 F until dough is done and edge of pizza is crispy and golden.

Note : This recipe is works well in a home oven without a pizza stone.
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Curry Wurst Mit Fritten

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” Curry Sausage With French Fries ”

A post worth writing / reading you ask ? Well, if you ever had a good curry wurst, you start salivating just by reading the title. If you never had one, you might shake your head in disbelieve. What could be so special about a sausage drowned in curry-ketchup ? What the heck is curry ketchup ? Like many things in life, a mere description can never do justice to the actual experience of eating the real thing. I for one love my caviar, foie gras, lobster and so forth. But as you must have realized by now, I just as much appreciate the simpler thing’s in live. “Curry wurst mit fritten” certainly is one of them. Now, there are many different sausages suitable for this dish, but since I live in the states, it is more difficult in certain areas to source good quality sausages. However, I have access to very good mild Italian sausages which fit perfectly. As for the curry sauce, many elaborate sauces have been concocted over time, some more, most less successful. What works best for me is a quality ketchup mixed with roasted garlic puree, good quality curry powder and a bit of salt. That’s it ! Please don’t knock it before you tried it. I have surprised many a chef over the years with this simple sauce (condiment), most of whom were eager to get the “secret recipe”. Important also is to sprinkle a fair amount of the curry powder over the sauced sausage just before serving. I can think of no other dish in the world were I would suggest that, but here it works just beautifully. Also very important are first class, crispy french fries, sprinkled generously with sea salt and dipped into mayonnaise. Yep, the comercial kind of mayo works best here. Save the good home made stuff for something else 🙂

Guten Appetit ! Life is Good !
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” Bok Choy, Gnocchi & Spicy Italian Sausage “

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Today’s fusion confusion dinner 🙂
Whatever you want to call it, this is a wonderful concoction, worthy of an original name.
How about ” Boknocchi ” or ” Gnocchibok “? Gnocchoy ? 🙂
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Ingredient’s :

Bok Choy
Gnochi
Spicy italian sausage
Scallion
Oregano
Red bell pepper
Onion
Garlic paste
Olive oil
White wine
Cayenne pepper
Salt

Method :

Sautee sausage in oil until starting to brown, add onion and garlic,
sautee until translucent, add peppers and bok choy, saute one minute,
add gnocchi, wine and seasoning and – Voila !

This recipe lends itself for you to be creative !

Asian style : Substitute gnocchi with rice or egg noodles and
add asian seasoning such as soy, sesame oil, ginger, etc.

Indian style : Substitute gnocchi with diced potatoes and
add indian seasoning such as garam masala, lots of fresh coriander etc.
Use your imagination !

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

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