Sausage Cacciatore
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Sausage Cacciatore
Description
Sausage Cacciatore combines sliced sweet Italian sausage with a medley of sautéed vegetables including onions, red and green peppers, garlic, and diced portobello mushrooms. The ingredients are cooked together with diced tomatoes, beef or chicken stock, and herbs like marjoram, thyme, and bay leaves. After browning the sausages, the mixture simmers for 20 to 30 minutes, melding the flavors and tenderizing the sausages further.
The sauce is tomato-forward with aromatic herbal notes and gentle sweetness balanced by a teaspoon of sugar. The vegetables provide soft texture while the sausage contributes savory richness. This stove-top method yields a robust, stew-like mixture suitable for spooning over cooked pasta.
Serving the sausage cacciatore over pasta creates a complete meal with satisfying textures and flavor contrasts. Grated Parmesan cheese added at serving time enhances the dish with its salty and nutty qualities.
Ingredients
- 3 sweet Italian sausage
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion sliced
- 1 red pepper sliced
- 1 green pepper sliced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 portobello mushroom diced, cap
- 2 cans diced tomatoes
- 1 cup beef stock or chicken stock
- 1/2 teaspoon marjoram or oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 2 bay leaf
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 lb. pasta
- Parmesan Cheese {optional}
Instructions
- In large skillet, brown sausages on both sides until thoroughly cooked. Remove from pan. Saute onions, peppers, mushrooms and garlic in olive oil over medium heat until they start to soften, 3 minutes.
- Slice sausages into 1/4 inch coins and add back into pan. Pour in tomatoes, stock and seasonings. Cover and simmer 20-30 minutes. In the mean time, boil water and cook pasta.
- Spoon cooked pasta into serving bowl, top with sausage cacciatore and parmesan cheese, if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 457 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 457kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 80g | 27% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 157mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 916mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 1282IU | 26% |
| Vitamin C | 83mg | 92% |
| Calcium | 99mg | 10% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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