re: TD.com Recipes and Recipe Book Thread - 5th Version

Grandmaw Minnie’s Italian Sausages
4-6 tbsp of good olive oil
2 lbs Italian sausage
1 white or Vidalia onion, sliced into long strips
1 red bell pepper, sliced into long trips
1 can of San Marsano Italian whole tomatoes, remove stamen from each tomato and crush tomatoes by hand, reserve tomato juice
½ c of dry white wine
6 oz of Coca Cola (optional) Coca Cola caramelizes the dish and creates a rich brown gravy.

Put 3-4 tbsp olive oil in large sauté pan and heat to medium high
Brown the sausage in sauté pan
Set oven to 350 degrees
Once browned, remove the sausages and put into oven proof pan (Pyrex dish)
Add 2 more tbsp. of oil to pan and add 3-4 whole cloves of garlic, sauté for about 2 minutes
Reduce heat to med-low and add dry white wine and deglaze pan drippings.
Increase heat to med high and add peppers, onion and tomatoes.
Cook til golden or el dente, using the juice from the tomatoes if liquid is required to keep from sticking.
Remove sausages from the oven and slice in 2 ½ in links, on a bias.
Reduce heat to med.
Add sausages to the mixture on the stove and stir for a couple of minutes.
Add 6 oz of Coca Cola and gently stir til caramelized, about 5 minutes.
Add dried oregano if desired.
Turn off heat and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.
Tip: The trick is to adjust the heat effectively so that you obtain the right texture for the peppers and onions. You want them to be slightly firm, not mushy.