sausage and pepper pasta
Before I gave up meat my mom used to make this Italian sausage and peppers dish for us all the time. It was such a hit that it was my brother's birthday dinner dish request. I've made a few modification to mom's recipe, but the heart of it is still in here. Thanks, mom!
Ingredients:
6 oz. linguini
1 large head of garlic
2 bell peppers (yellow, red, or orange)
2 Smart Sausages, Italian Style (or you could use real Italian sausage if you eat meat)
4 oz. feta cheese
3 Tbsp. olive oil
Oregano, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper for seasoning
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Wash garlic clove and remove any loose papery peels. Cut in half and place on aluminum foil. Drizzle with 1 Tbsp. olive oil, close into a pouch. Place on baking sheet covered in aluminum foil.
2. Wash peppers and place on baking sheet. Put baking sheet in oven and cook for an hour, rotating peppers a quarter turn every 15 minutes. Garlic is ready when soft. Peppers are ready when skins are thoroughly charred.
3. Remove garlic from foil pouch and allow to cool. Place an overturned bowl or pot on top of peppers. This creates a little steam dome and will help the skins come off the peppers more easily. Leave this on for 10-15 minutes and then remove and allow peppers to cool.
4. Once garlic is cool enough to handle, separate soft garlic from papery skins. Mix 2 Tbsp. olive oil with cooked garlic to create a paste.
5. Grill sausage and chop into small pieces. Listen, I would love to give you real meat grilling advices, but I haven't eaten meat in like ten years so no one wants advice from me on that subject. With fake meats you usually grill them until they are warm all the way through and you have nice grill marks on all sides.
6. Once peppers have cooled, peel skins off and dice.
7. Bring water to a boil, salt, and add pasta.
8. While pasta is cooking slice, cut feta into 1/4 in. slices and place on foil-covered baking sheet. You'll see in the photos I drizzled it with olive oil—don't do this! You're going to put the feta under the broiler and olive oil on it will make the broiler so mad. However, do season with a tiny pinch of oregano, basil, and parsley.
9. Broil feta until golden brown, remove from oven.
9. Drain pasta and return to pan. Add olive oil and garlic paste mixture and toss over low heat. You may neat to add some more olive oil at this point to coat the pasta. Add in grilled sausage and peppers and crumble feta over top. Toss for another minute or so and then plate and serve. Enjoy!
sausage and pepper pasta
Before I gave up meat my mom used to make this Italian sausage and peppers dish for us all the time. It was such a hit that it was my brother's birthday dinner dish request. I've made a few modification to mom's recipe, but the heart of it is still in here. Thanks, mom!
Ingredients:
6 oz. linguini
1 large head of garlic
2 bell peppers (yellow, red, or orange)
2 Smart Sausages, Italian Style (or you could use real Italian sausage if you eat meat)
4 oz. feta cheese
3 Tbsp. olive oil
Oregano, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper for seasoning
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Wash garlic clove and remove any loose papery peels. Cut in half and place on aluminum foil. Drizzle with 1 Tbsp. olive oil, close into a pouch. Place on baking sheet covered in aluminum foil.
2. Wash peppers and place on baking sheet. Put baking sheet in oven and cook for an hour, rotating peppers a quarter turn every 15 minutes. Garlic is ready when soft. Peppers are ready when skins are thoroughly charred.
3. Remove garlic from foil pouch and allow to cool. Place an overturned bowl or pot on top of peppers. This creates a little steam dome and will help the skins come off the peppers more easily. Leave this on for 10-15 minutes and then remove and allow peppers to cool.
4. Once garlic is cool enough to handle, separate soft garlic from papery skins. Mix 2 Tbsp. olive oil with cooked garlic to create a paste.
5. Grill sausage and chop into small pieces. Listen, I would love to give you real meat grilling advices, but I haven't eaten meat in like ten years so no one wants advice from me on that subject. With fake meats you usually grill them until they are warm all the way through and you have nice grill marks on all sides.
6. Once peppers have cooled, peel skins off and dice.
7. Bring water to a boil, salt, and add pasta.
8. While pasta is cooking slice, cut feta into 1/4 in. slices and place on foil-covered baking sheet. You'll see in the photos I drizzled it with olive oil—don't do this! You're going to put the feta under the broiler and olive oil on it will make the broiler so mad. However, do season with a tiny pinch of oregano, basil, and parsley.
9. Broil feta until golden brown, remove from oven.
9. Drain pasta and return to pan. Add olive oil and garlic paste mixture and toss over low heat. You may neat to add some more olive oil at this point to coat the pasta. Add in grilled sausage and peppers and crumble feta over top. Toss for another minute or so and then plate and serve. Enjoy!