ITALIAN STREET FAIR FOOD...............
How can you resist making something with peppers when they look this gorgeous....
If you have ever been to an Italian street festival you probably have seen a food booth selling
If you have ever been to an Italian street festival you probably have seen a food booth selling Sausage and Pepper sandwiches...
there is nothing better...and this is what ate over the weekend....Little on work....
Big on flavor!!
You'll need 1 pound of good Italian sausage...either sweet or hot. I only use sweet.
1 onion....a red, green and yellow or orange pepper. Make sure all seeds are washed away.
These peppers were extra jumbo so I used only a half of each color...
I also swear by Bertolli sauce....tomato-basil type.
some garlic salt freshly ground and a bit of olive oil..... Italian seasoning or fresh basil
fresh sausage is always easier to cut if you use kitchen shears....cut into bite size pieces...
Brown the sausage using a little olive oil to prevent initial sticking and add the onion...
after saute'ing for 5 minutes or so add the peppers.... season with the garlic salt or you can use regular garlic.....some salt and fresh ground pepper....
Add your sauce....you can also add some Italian seasoning, some fresh basil or oregano...whatever taste you like....Simmer for about a half hour....
Serve it up on some crusty Italian rolls and some homemade fries and you'll swear you were on the streets of "Little Italy" in New York....
there is nothing better...and this is what ate over the weekend....Little on work....
Big on flavor!!
You'll need 1 pound of good Italian sausage...either sweet or hot. I only use sweet.1 onion....a red, green and yellow or orange pepper. Make sure all seeds are washed away.
These peppers were extra jumbo so I used only a half of each color...
I also swear by Bertolli sauce....tomato-basil type.
some garlic salt freshly ground and a bit of olive oil..... Italian seasoning or fresh basil
fresh sausage is always easier to cut if you use kitchen shears....cut into bite size pieces...
Brown the sausage using a little olive oil to prevent initial sticking and add the onion...I used to watch Jeff Smith "The Frugal Gourmet" years before he was indicted on abuse charges....no surprise...I met him and "Mr. Craig" once and let me tell you the man was very strange. Goodness knows what he did to poor Elmo.......Anyhoo, I always remember one thing he always use to say and it really works....
"Hot pan.....cold oil....food won't stick".....
after saute'ing for 5 minutes or so add the peppers.... season with the garlic salt or you can use regular garlic.....some salt and fresh ground pepper....
Add your sauce....you can also add some Italian seasoning, some fresh basil or oregano...whatever taste you like....Simmer for about a half hour....
Serve it up on some crusty Italian rolls and some homemade fries and you'll swear you were on the streets of "Little Italy" in New York....
Comments
I went to a "Sagra" in Italy..Is that what you mean? Under tents..and you sit and eat outside cafeteria style? All the different districts?
I had a nice time living that tradition.
I'll try your hot pan cold oil:) Thanks!
We always watched Jeff Smith when we were newlyweds. Still saying "hot pan, cool oil, food won't stick". Good advice from a strange guy.
I have his books...
As for me, can't do peppers or Italian sausage - they just don't agree with me.
Your killing me here, I LOVE those sandwiches...yum! I usually eat them without the sauce but that looks delish too.
Cheri
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Thanks for the frying tip: hot pan, cold oil.
interesting side notes on the frugal gourmet too, i tossed his cookbooks, they felt tainted...
oh your meal looks so good!
whenever you talk about the streets of ny i now see your hubbies hat snatching parking spaces!
I'll try it, it looks easy enough for me!
Your peppers are divine! I love the color combination.