Sausage and Broccoli Pasta
Sausage and Broccoli Pasta brings together wonderful flavors and textures to create a colorful and very tasty dish. Sausage removed from its casings, crumbled and browned, juicy, bright green broccoli florets, fun-shaped pasta and melted cheeses make Sausage and Broccoli Pasta a treat. Easy to prepare, this family-favorite recipe makes use of a few easily obtained ingredients to create a satisfying weeknight dinner. Use a cut dried pasta when preparing Sausage and Broccoli Pasta: cavatappi, mezze rigatoni, rotelle (wagon wheels), gemelli or rotini; their fun shapes really add to the textural element of this dish. Start out with an appetizer of Cream Cheese Celery Sticks, then enjoy Sausage and Broccoli Pasta with a medium-bodied, dry red wine like a Montepulciano d’Abruzzo or a Pinot Noir.
Prep Time: 20 minutes, Total Time: 50 minutes. Serves 2 as a main course.
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Grilled Meats Creole Gumbo
Grilled Meats Creole Gumbo is a West Coast take on a Louisiana classic. Made with a roux, flavorful and hearty Grilled Meats Creole Gumbo incorporates the “Holy Trinity” ingredients of Louisiana’s Creole and Cajun cuisines, along with okra, the all-important seasonings, crab meat and shrimp. When making the roux, especially if you’ve never made one before, prepare a roux that is a deep café au lait color which will yield a deep flavor base to the gumbo. Start out with a Grilled Radicchio and Arugula Salad, then serve Grilled Meats Creole Gumbo with a Louisiana-style hot sauce, filé powder, sliced scallions and optional white rice at the table, accompanied by a Barolo, Cabernet Sauvignon or even Chianti for a memorable weekend dinner. Leftover Grilled Meats Creole Gumbo can be refrigerated in an air-tight container for up to five days without any diminishing of its flavor.
Total Time: 2 1/2 hours. Serves 8.
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Creole Gumbo with Lentils
Creole Gumbo with Lentils is a lower carbohydrate version of this Louisiana classic. Made without a roux, Creole Gumbo with Lentils is very flavorful and hearty; there is no need to serve it over or with additional rice. Incorporating the “Holy Trinity” ingredients of Louisiana’s Creole and Cajun cuisines, okra and the all-important seasonings, Creole Gumbo with Lentils is a dish we’re sure you will enjoy. Start out with an Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad, then serve Creole Gumbo with Lentils with a Louisiana-style hot sauce and filé powder at the table, accompanied by a medium-bodied red wine, like Montepulciano d’Abruzzo or Pinot Noir.
Total Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes. Serves 6.
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Fennel and Sausage Sauce for Pasta
Wonderful fennel is so underused. In Fennel and Sausage Sauce for Pasta, it becomes one of the stars, sharing top billing with Italian sausage with fennel seeds. The fennel pieces, fennel seeds in the sausage and feathery fronds team up to keep the delightful licorice taste at the forefront of this dish. Hearty and so tasty, the different elements flavors, textures and shapes in Fennel and Sausage Sauce for Pasta are perfect when paired with Rigatoni, Penne, Ziti, Mostaccioli or Cavatappi pasta. Start with a Wilted Arugula Salad, then on to Fennel and Sausage Sauce for Pasta, both accompanied by a Pinot Grigio for one of our favorite dinners; we hope it becomes one at your house too.
Prep Time: 30 minutes, Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes Serves 4.
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Red Curry Ragu
Red Curry Ragù combines two things we love: a good, meaty ragù sauce and spicy red Thai curry. With this recipe, red curry paste combines with pork sausage to create an intriguing, spicy and unexpected ragù. If you can find them, the deep green Makrut lime leaves add a colorful and bright note to the ragù. Red Curry Ragù pairs perfectly with Rigatoni, Penne, Ziti, Mostaccioli, Radiatore or even Gnocchi and a bold red wine. Chianti anyone? Save room for a dessert afterwards, such as Blood Orange Custard Pie, and an espresso.
Prep Time: 30 minutes, Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, Serves: 4 over pasta
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