Recipe Day

Well I waited 3 days before my first major test.
My favorite,although my mother makes this better.
I could of ate it all myself but the girls decided that I would see no more than my small test plate with 2 pieces of dago bread and butter.
Hey, that's why you cook for others to enjoy.

Sausage and Green pepper.
1 can of Tomato Paste 8 0z
1 can of crushed tomato 12-16 oz
2 cloves garlic. chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 Red Peppers, chopped.
( Although you may use yellow or green or a combination of all)
4 tablespoons of butter.
4 tablespoons of Olive Oil.
1 glass of Paisano Red Wine
(Most recipes call for a dry red or dry white to counterbalance the sweetness of the peppers)
1 pound or 5-6 sausage links
( I prefer the Jubilee Brand Garlic sausage or Fraboni as my top choices and ones I stock up on when in Chisholm. If you have a specialty market near you check it out or you may find generic Italian sausage at most major grocers)
Of course no Vitali recipe is without a jug of Paisano or Vine Rose nicely blended into the now famous House Blend.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
Add Olive Oil and heat.
Add the Sausage links whole and brown on all sides making sure they brown a bit.
Remove from pan and set aside.
Add Butter. Cover bottom of pan.
Add onions allowing to cook down a bit.
( I prefer to add ingredients one at a time)
Add peppers allowing to cook down a bit.
For this i prefer sweet so Red or Yellow.
Add garlic on top.
( this will keep it from burning as most mortal stove tops the heat seems to be difficult to control especially on electrics.Mom could run a welder the way she can operate a gas stove with the precision of a surgeon.)
Salt and Pepper to Taste
Add paste blending to in to the mixture.
Add crushed tomato's blending in.
Salt and Pepper to taste
Place sausage links being careful to nest in the bed of peppers.
Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until sausage is cooked through.
Remove sausage lower heat.
Cut sausage into 1/4 inch pieces and stir back into the mixture.
Remove from Heat and Serve. serves 4-6 depending on the appetite.

Notes:
Add Asiago or Romano for more flavor.
A Good loaf of Dago bread ( preferably without holes in,which is harder to find)
I like to have my pepper and sausage mixture spread over bread to make a sandwich.
Some variations I have found say Hoagie buns or hard rolls.
This is very good over Noodles.