ITALIAN FENNEL SAUSAGE
Make this simple fennel-scented sausage to toss into pasta or onto pizza. Par-cook large crumbles to fold into Thanksgiving stuffing or a pot of soup. Or fry up patties and serve alongside crusty bread and a bowl of tender white beans doused generously in olive oil. Be sure to use ground pork with enough fat or you'll end up with dry, flavorless sausage. Twenty percent by weight is a good ratio, though 25 doesn't hurt. If the ground pork available to you is too lean, ask the butcher to replace two ounces or so of the lean meat with ground pork belly or bacon.
Provided by Samin Nosrat
Categories sausages, side dish
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine salt, fennel seed and red-pepper flakes. Add pork to the spice mixture along with the garlic, and wine. Using your hands, mix thoroughly for 1 full minute, until the pork begins to appear tacky and sticks to the palm of your hand.
- Heat a cast-iron pan over medium heat. Use a heaping tablespoon of pork mixture to make a small, thin sausage patty. Add a teaspoon or so of olive oil, and cook the patty for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Taste, and if needed, add salt or any other seasonings to the uncooked sausage mixture and mix to combine.
- Divide and form the remaining sausage into 8 2 1/2-inch patties, placing them on the prepared baking sheet as you go. Cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to come together. (Patties can be made ahead and covered and refrigerated or frozen at this point until ready to use.)
- To cook, wipe out cast-iron pan, and return to medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil. When it shimmers, add patties in a single layer, leaving space between them. Cook 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until browned on the surface and just cooked through.
- Drain sausages on paper towels, and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 319, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 1 gram, Fat 26 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 19 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 275 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams
GEMELLI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND FENNEL
Steps:
- In a heavy skillet, cook sausage over moderate heat, breaking into irregularly sized pieces around 3/4 inch untll browned and transfer to towel and drain. Add oil to skillet and cook fennel and garlic over medium low heat, until soft - about 5 minutes. Add wine, stock and bring to boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream and cook until thickened and reduced by 1/3. Cook gemelli until al dente - drain reserving 1 cup pasta liquid. To pasta, add sausage, fennel mixture and arugula. Stir until arugula wilts - add hot pasta liquid if necessary. Stir in grated Parmesan and egg yolks and Stir until mixed in. Add salt and pepper to taste
ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH FENNEL, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS
Provided by Melissa Roberts
Categories Onion Pepper Broil Quick & Easy Dinner Sausage Fennel Gourmet Paleo Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat broiler.
- Toss together all ingredients except fennel fronds with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large shallow baking pan. Broil 4 inches from heat until sausage is browned and vegetables begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Turn over and stir, then broil until sausage is just cooked through and vegetables are softened, 8 to 10 minutes more. Serve sprinkled with fennel fronds.
GEMELLI WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATO CREAM
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, casseroles, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. Add the onion, chopped fennel and bell pepper and sauté until all are tender. Stir in the fennel seeds and the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer and cook about 15 minutes.
- Stir in the shrimp and cook a minute or two longer, but just until the shrimp are cooked. Stir in the cream, season the sauce to your taste with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the gemelli and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain well.
- Put the gemelli in a warm serving dish. Briefly reheat the shrimp and the tomato sauce, pour over the pasta and toss well. Sprinkle the parsley over the completed dish and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 392, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 50 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 573 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
You'll also love