Spring – Sausage Toss

Ingredients Nutrition

Servings 4-6

Optional to add other spring veggies to the dish.

 

  • 4 spicy sausage, like italian (Hot sausage works very well in this dish)
  • 1 cup onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • salt
  • 34 cup any color sweet pepper, cut into narrow strips
  • 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • A package fusilli, a package rigatoni pasta (3 cups) or a package ziti pasta (3 cups)
  • .25 cup of fresh mint, chopped (optional)
  • .25 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped

Directions

  1. Cook the pasta accoring to instructions and drain. Keep warm.
  2. Meanwhile remove sausage meat from the casings.
  3. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat., add sausage meat, garlic, salt & chopped onions, stir to crumble meat
  4. Cook about 6 minutes or until the meat is no longer pink.
  5. Add tomatoes to the meat mixture, turn heat to high and bring to a boil, add peppers.
  6. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Stir in drained, cooked pasta, mint & basil.
  8. Remove from heat and serve.
  9. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Old Time Meat & Deli Now Sells Piemonte

Old Time Meat & Deli Shoppe now carries two types of Piemonte sausages. “British Bangers” a pork sausage, and “Salsiccia di Pollo Italiano” our Italian Chicken Sausage.

It is located at 2018 S. Neil St., Champaign, IL 61820
Pone: 217-355-0000; Fax: 217-351-9189

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Spring – Pork and Fennel Sausage Stew

This lighter spring version of sausage stew only requires one-pot so there is less washing up to do at the end. Perfect!

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  •  8 pork sausages (Bernie’s Classic Fennel & Hot)
  •  4 slices of  thick bacon (or 2 middle bacon rashers, rind removed, chopped)
  • 1 tsp fennel (Add this if you choose to use another type of sausage like a sweet flavor.)
  •  1 brown onion, chopped
  •  1 leek, trimmed, finely sliced
  •  2 garlic cloves, crushed
  •  1 tablespoon plain flour
  •  2 carrots, thinly sliced
  •  2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
  •  8 potatoes, halved
  •  3 cups salt reduced chicken stock
  •  1 cup frozen peas
  •  1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped

Method

  • Step 1:  Heat oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook sausages, turning, for 10 minutes or until just cooked through. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel.
  • Step 2:  Add bacon and fennel seeds to pan. Cook for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add onion, leek and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes or until leek has softened. Stir in flour. Add carrot, celery and potato. Cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add stock, stirring until smooth and combined. Bring to the boil.
  • Step 3:  Reduce heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, for 20 minutes or until potatoes are almost tender. Cut sausages into .25″ thick slices. Return to pan. Cook for 10 minutes or until sausages are heated through and potatoes are tender. Stir in peas. Cook for a further 5 minutes or until peas are bright green and tender.
  • Stir in parsley. Serve.

Spring – Pasta With Sausage Meatballs

Total:  30 min
Active:  15 min
Yield:  4 servings
Level:  Easy

Ingredients

  • – turkey sausage is optional

Directions

  • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs
  • Add the broccolini during the last 2 minutes of cooking.
  • Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta and broccolini.
  • Meanwhile, roll the sausage meat into about 20 small meatballs.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and cook, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Drain on paper towels. Pour off any drippings from the skillet.
  • Add the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, the garlic, red pepper flakes and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring, 1 minute.
  • Add the pasta, broccolini and meatballs.
  • Whisk the egg with the reserved cooking water in a small bowl, then add to the skillet and stir until the sauce thickens slightly.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Divide the pasta among bowls.
  • Sprinkle with the cheese and drizzle with olive oil.

Recipe adapted courtesy Food Network

Spring – Sausage Risotto with Spring Greens

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch dandelion greens, Swiss chard, or mustard greens (12 oz), tough bottom stems removed, leaves cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 4 tablespoons butter, cut up
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 6 ounces mild Italian sausage (about 1 1/2 links), casings removed
  • 2 cups arborio rice
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 5 cups low-salt chicken broth
  • 3/4 cup (packed) freshly grated Parmesan cheese plus additional for serving

Preparation

  • Cook greens in boiling salted water just until wilted, about 1 minute. Drain; cool.
  • Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large saucepan over medium heat; add onion and garlic. Sauté until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Add sausage; sauté until brown, breaking up with spoon, about 3 minutes.
  • Add rice; stir 1 minute.
  • Add wine; reduce heat to medium-low.
  • Simmer until wine is almost absorbed. Add 1 cup broth. Stir until broth is almost absorbed.
  • Add remaining 4 cups broth by 1/2 cupfuls, allowing broth to be absorbed before adding more.
  • Mix in greens after 10 minutes.
  • Cook until rice is tender and mixture is creamy, 25 minutes total.
  • Mix in cheese and remaining 3 tablespoons butter.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Serve risotto, passing additional cheese.