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Italian Sausage Cacciatore Recipe

This is one of my husband's favorite meals. I came up with this recipe after sampling a similar dish in a restaurant. This one is just as good.

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Italian Sausage Cacciatore Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

10 30 40

Ingredients

1/4 medium green or sweet yellow pepper, julienned
3 tablespoons chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
1 Johnsonville® Mild Italian Sausage link (about 1/4 pound), casing removed
1 cup canned diced tomatoes, undrained
2/3 cup tomato juice
15 slices pepperoni, halved
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/8 teaspoon dried basil
Pepper to taste
1/3 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tablespoon sliced ripe olives
2 tablespoons Romano or Parmesan cheese
Hot cooked linguine orfettuccine

Directions

In a skillet, saute the green pepper, onion and garlic in oil until crisp-tender. Crumble sausage into skillet; cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Drain. Add the tomatoes, tomato juice, pepperoni, oregano, basil and pepper. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and olives. Simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in cheese. Serve over pasta. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 284 calories, 20 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 1,138 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 14 g protein.

Originally published as Italian Sausage Cacciatore in Cooking for One or Two Cookbook , p208