Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Italian Sausage #3


So far, this one is the favorite in the series, since we are cabbage lovers here at the manor. It's another quick and easy recipe. Start to finish in just 20 minutes. Simple, yet glorious favors and textures here.

Brown 1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed, (I used turkey sausage) in a large skillet, remove. Add olive oil, 6 cups thinly sliced cabbage, and 3 sliced shallots to skillet; cook over medium heat for 6 minutes. Add 3/4 cup chicken broth and simmer until tender, about 3 to 4 minutes. Toss with 1/2 pound cooked fettuccine, the sausage, chives, salt and fresh ground pepper. Easy peasy and dee-lish.

Note: To remove the casings from the sausage, just cut down the length of the raw links with a pairing knife, remove the meat, and discard the casings.

50 comments:

  1. Delicious!! It makes me mouth water! Simple entrees are the best!

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  2. Sounds terrific -- a slightly Asian take on Italian sausage!

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  3. Cabbage lover here as well and I've never once thought to pair it with pasta. Sounds great. You got a new banner while I was away, very nice. I thought about your ball while I was touring a Vanderbilt summer house in Newport.

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  4. I often remove the casings from sausage to make tomato sauce for pasta, or in quick dishes similar to this. It was something I learned from my MIL, so simple and yet adds another option to cooking.

    and while I don't eat it ... I certainly love cooking for people .

    and I can't shake the image of you in that coat and boots ... elegantly gorgeous.

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  5. Where do I buy 'Chicken Brother'?

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  6. You're making me hungry for dinner at 8 o'clock in the morning. Looks sooooo good.

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  7. Did I type chicken brother? Oh, brother!

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  8. Added to my file Willow, Thanks...brother and all!

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  9. Yeah, you can find chicken brother in the grocery aisle right next to chicken daddy.

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  10. Will try this! Looks great. I keep making your other cabbage recipe from a few years ago. We don't eat meat but we eat poultry so turkey sausage is a staple here.

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  11. Sounds very tasty, we are cabbage lovers too, my husband and I. I'll have to wait for him to return from his trip to make this one. And so quick.

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  12. I'm glad your 'carpet tunnel syndrome' didn't affect your cooking hand!

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  14. Sorry I have sticky keys and it looks like I miss spell.
    I love a fast dinner. This I will try. Thanks for all your great meals. Your quests are happy campers I am sure.

    yvonne

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  15. Derrick, I still can't lift much of anything with it. Gimpy hand.

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  16. I love these quick and simple recipes Willow.

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  17. We love cabbage at my house, too. What a perfect autumn supper. I'm looking forward to trying it.

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  18. now that sounds like a meal that'll put hair on your chest!!

    sounds fabulous willow -- will try this week. and btw your salmon + brown sugar/chili pepper recipe has already become a family favorite.

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  19. Another great sausage recipe. Looks wonderful.

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  20. It's nice and almost chilly today in DC - I'm thinking chicken pot pie ... though this looks perfect, too.

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  21. Willow,
    Yummy!!! my mouth is watering!
    :) The Bach

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  22. It's nice and almost chilly today in DC - I'm thinking chicken pot pie ... though this looks perfect, too.

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  23. I think I just found what I'm cooking for dinner tonight. It looks amazing!

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  24. Oh, Reya, now I am craving a chicken pie! Oh, yeah!

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  25. Hey willow, this is an unrelated comment but you have a knack for writing and I am hosting a short story contest this year (With a Kindle as grand prize) Hope you can enter. :)

    http://thethoughtsbubble.blogspot.com

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  26. oh my - i'm so hungry now! this sounds fantastic and looks fantastic and i think i have to stop blogging and prepare some dinner instead...

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  27. I just know I am going to love this!

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  28. Sounds wonderful willow. Have you ever tried slicing chestnut mushrooms and mixing them with grated parmesan, parsley (chopped) and lemon juice and leaving to marinate (no cooking - leave them raw) and then mixing with pasta freshly cooked and hot. That is delicious too and very healthy.

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  29. Looks lovely, and I love cabbage too! If only the internet let you smell photos...

    P.S. I wore woolly socks today :D

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  30. Weaver, my mouth is watering just thinking of this! I adore both mushrooms and pasta. Thanks for the idea!

    Aoife, I've got my woollies on today, as well!

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  31. By the way, Weaver, I had to google "chestnut mushrooms" and found they are what we commonly call "white button" mushrooms. I must admit, chestnut mushrooms sound much more exotic.

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  32. this one sounds great. i admit, i am now addicted to turkey italian sausage! much better than the chicken sausage i had been buying.

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  33. That photo of the pasta and sausage looks beautiful. I will definitely try that recipe. By the way, we in the North East do bring in certain plants for the winter. Some are too beautiful after vacationing all summer outdoors to toss. I have kept the Rex Begonias for years that way. They make excellent container plants if you have cement pots and grow into huge deep red mounds. In January, indoors, the produce a 3-4 foot spike with tiny pink flowers! It's worth lugging them up the stairs!

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  34. Lori, I have a whole patio of plants that I will very soon be dragging inside! They are so beautiful, I can't bear to see them freeze. It looks like a jungle in here by late October!

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  35. Willow,

    I'm finding myself loving your love for sausage!

    (Your food looks delicious!)

    Trulyfool

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  36. Hi Willow, the sausage is fast becoming a staple here too. After reading your recipe blog, I bought some, and used it in lasagne.
    Adding cabbage to my shopping list, sounds great!

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  37. Oooo I too am a cabbage person! This looks super perfect. Extra perfect, even.

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  38. This does look excellent and something I can do after work and quick!

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  39. Willow you always make me hungry when i stop by with the food and your lovely words :)

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  40. Love this recipe...any recipe that ends in easy-peasy and dee-lish, is my kind of recipe!

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  42. I shall try this! Maybe this weekend!

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  43. We are cabbage lovers here in Arcadia too so I will be trying this out for sure...Sausage is like bacon...it makes everything taste good:)

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  44. All you need is a slice of brown bread and a glass of milk and you have an Oslo meal. Far too good for the pigeons (can you imagine all those people reading this comment and thinking "what on earth is he prattling on about now?")

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  45. This looks delicious! I was just telling Bach this morning that the fabulous cooking gene runs in your family : ) I've never had that talent and really admire it. YUM!

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  46. yum sounds yummy - i definitely will be making this - as cabbage lovers we seem to be the recipients of all the cabbage our friends who aren't cabbage lovers get in their csa's!

    i can always use a creative way of cooking cabbage.

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  47. This sounds WONDERFUL!!!!!! Can't wait to try it!

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  48. 49 comments say it all.
    Delish

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