Adventures in Cooking Pt. 4
On today's episode, Jessica decides that she hates cooking. I made pasta with sausage, peppers, and onions. While I had fewer technical difficulties than in previous cooking attempts, I had a lot more frustration. And I made the biggest mess ever. All this could be attributed to the fact that yesterday I lost interest in cooking tonight. I decided
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ingredients:
Salt
1/2 pound bucatini pasta (i used ziti b/c i couldn't find bucatini)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage
1 pound bulk hot Italian sausage
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 large yellow onion, quartered, then thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and thinly sliced
2 cubanelle peppers (couldn't find them so left them out), seeded and thinly sliced
1 can chunky-style crushed tomatoes
freshly ground black pepper (just used the regular stuff)
1/3 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 cup fresh basil, torn or shredded
Bring a pot of water to a boil for the pasta and season the water with some salt. Cook bucatini al dente, with a bite to it.
Heat a very large, deep skillet (listen to that...my sausage barely stayed in my skillet) over medium-high heat. Add the EVOO and all of the sausage. Brown and crumble the sausage, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the pan toa plate lined with a paper towel and reserve. Drain off an pan drippings in excess of about 3 tablespoons. Add the garlic, onion, and peppers to the pan and toss and turn them in the fat, cooking them until just tender, 6 to 7 minutes.
Once the peppers and onions are tender, add the tomatoes and heat them through. Add the sausage back and combine. Season the mixture with a little salt and lots of black pepper. Drain the pasta and add to pan. Stir in the cheese, parsley, and basil. Serve immediately.
Bon apetit!
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