Here is my deal, I invited the children over for Father's Day and as every year I planned a barbeque- I had hamburger, hot dogs (gluten free Hebrew National), keilbasa, chicken sausages florentine (means they have spinach in them), all the things to make potato salad, macaroni salad (gluten free and no one knows), peppers, onions and mushroom to saute for burgers. Unfortunately, Mother Nature was bored with my every year BBQ for Father's Day because we got rain! No ordinary rain but rain of Biblical proportions! and our grill is not exactly top of the line so when it rains you cant cook outside. Ok so what to do??? Being quick thinking and creative (but mostly desperate).. I made up my own recipe! Of course! and here is what I came up with:
ok so I cooked it in a flat bottom wok..dont be a hater
Sausage Caccitore
Some Italian recipes are named after various occupations or trades. 'Cacciatore' literally means 'hunter' in Italian, and this 'hunter style' dish makes good use of mushrooms, onions tomatoes and herbs. Hunting the wild sausage!! get your mind OUT of the gutter!
I looked in my fridge and surmised what I had-
Chicken Sausage with spinach- Gluten free
Tomatoes -I used 6 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
Peppers- I used 4 red, green and/or yellow (I always use red and yellow as I cant eat green peppers)
Onions - 1 really large Vidalia onion. coarsely chopped
Mushrooms about a pound sliced
and I had potatoes and garlic, basil and Italian seasoning
1 big can of tomatoes, crushed or diced
see where this is going?
Smash the garlic clove - easier to take out of the oil later.
Heat a few TBSP of good quality olive oil in a pan. When it is hot but no smoking add garlic and saute till soft and remove. Add peppers and onion.. cook for 2 minutes, add mushrooms.. cook for another minute or so. Throw in plum tomatoes. Cut up the sausage in 1/2' (I never really measured.. sorry) slices on a diagonal. Add them to the pan, stirring constantly. Next add a can of tomatoes, seasoning and basil. Cut up the potatoes in chunks and add. Now here is the tricky part- you need to cook this til the potatoes are soft.. so watch it- you may have to add more canned tomatoes, or wine, water is a very last choice. Don't let anything stick or burn.
These proportions are rough- add more of what you like- take out what you dont.
This was a rousing success, as I had a huge pot and most of it was eaten. I served it with a side of fresh angel hair pasta, with olive oil, garlic and parsley( not gluten free). And of course- fresh grated cheese and a big green salad. I know I know.. potatoes AND pasta... my kids love pasta- and since the recipe was gluten free I wanted potatoes to give it more substance for me (and I never eat sausage- so for me it was veggies and potato)
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