I was watching one of Emeril\’s shows Sunday AM as I finished my coffee (after a French Toast breakfast). He tossed together (I bet his production staff had something to do with it…) a very quick meal, and it inspired me as I got to the grocery store later that morning.
– some Italian sausage – I used sweet, Emeril mixed hot and sweet
– onion – I used a small sweet onion, Emeril used a large Spanish onion
– red bell pepper
– escarole – I used green chard because I couldn\’t find escarole
– rigatoni – I used fettucini
The pasta water went on first, of course.
The sausage was broken up and cooked off in a bit of olive oil. When it was nice and brown, the onions and peppers went in with a bit of salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. The fettucini went into the water as well.
After the onions and peppers were tender, I tossed in the chard, which I\’d rinsed nicely and coarsely chopped. I should have used the larger skillet, but I muddled through.
When the pasta was done, it was drained and returned to the pot, and the sausage mixture was tossed with it.
I served it with some fresh Parmesan cheese grated over it, and it was pretty excellent. I wanted to go back for the rest of it, but I am actually trying to lose some Weight. Peg tasted it (she was going out for a dinner date) and claimed that she liked it. We\’ll see next time I make it.
I think the escarole would be better, and rigatoni would have made it a bit easier to mix together. But I really like fettucini…
