Sweet Italian sausage (ground beef, hamburger, beef, pepper)

[littlelou]

I am an adopted Italian - love pasta, sauces, etc. My family wasn't very daring in cooking - basic spaghetti was the "Italian" dinner growing up. Tried some Sweet Italian sausage, from the local Harris Teeter - made in store and mmmmmm good, now I'm looking for recipes to make with that sausage. I CANNOT eat any type of peppers - so peppers and sausage is out....

suggestions?

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by littlelou

I am an adopted Italian - love pasta, sauces, etc. My family wasn't very daring in cooking - basic spaghetti was the "Italian" dinner growing up. Tried some Sweet Italian sausage, from the local Harris Teeter - made in store and mmmmmm good, now I'm looking for recipes to make with that sausage. I CANNOT eat any type of peppers - so peppers and sausage is out....

suggestions?

I use it in Spaghetti. (I can't tell if that's what you did also). Just cut the links into about 1 inch pieces and treat them like meatballs - fry them up until fully cooked, and then pour the marinara sauce over them. Much better than hamburger meat.

[Dirt Grinder]

I make lasagna using Italian sausage and everyone loves it. It adds another layer of flavor to the dish. Of course, I split the sausage casing and fry the crumbled sausage.

[5-all]

Sausage & peppers.

Brown the sausages in a little oil and let them cook through. Take out the sausages.
Cut onion and bell pepper into strips and cook them in the same pan until they're soft add some minced garlic if you like it, a little salt and any other seasonings you like. Put the sausages back in the pan with the vegetables. Let it cook maybe 10 more minutes. Makes a nice sandwich on a long crusty roll, some people like to add a little marinara to the sandwich.

Forget this. Didn't see you couldn't eat peppers.

[yellowsnow]

I add it to spaghetti too. I usually take it out of the casings and fry it like hamburger, usually with hamburger too.

You can add it to meatloaf. I use it in a stuffing for squash/pumpkins with rice. Add it to meatballs.

Strange thing, it is usually cheaper to buy the sausage in cases than it is to get a package of just the sausage! Makes no sense to me!

[Gingercoyote]

Makes a great sandwich if you cook the sausage in spaghetti sauce, put into a good sub roll and melt provolone on top.

Fry and add to scrambled eggs with cheese stirred in or melted on top.

Makes a great pizza topping.

[KittenSparkles]

You can remove the sausage from the casing and make meatballs out of it - I use this recipe:

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2015/09/...-and-marinara/

[charlygal]

Potato Sausage soup. Many recipes available. Try googling.

[mommy2be1053]

I make Italian wedding soup; the recipe usually calls for ground beef or pork made into small meatball shapes to drop into the soup. I just open the casing and panfry the ground sausage then drop them in the bowl that's brewing the rest of my Italian wedding soup.

[grampaTom]

Mix it in with ground beef for meatloaf. I always mix Sweet Italian sausage and ground beef 50-50 for lasagna or meatballs. Of course you can fry them whole in a skillet to have with pasta and your favorite sauce.