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Originally Posted by Paisley
Sounds good. Details?
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As I said, it was improvised, so I am sure someone who knows what they are doing could improve on the technique, but this is what I did. It may not be up to gourmet standards in appearance, but was delicious.
Ingredients:
about 3 tbs olive oil
one large onion, chopped
3-4 cloves of garlic, minced (or run through a press)
8 oz mixed mushrooms
two medium zucchini, cut into chunks
one medium to small (chinese purple) eggplant, cut into chunks
1.5 cups red wine
28 oz can diced tomatoes
3/4 lb. sicilian (or other Italian) sausage
1 lb dried ziti
salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes
about 1.5 cups grated Parmesan
about 1 cup ricotta
1. In a large saute pan, saute the onion in the olive oil until medium soft (five minutes or so, seasoning with salt and pepper. At the same time, brown the sausage in a separate pan, and cook the ziti a few minutes short of al dente. Chop the eggplant and zucchini and season with salt and pepper.
2. As the onion gets close to cooked through, add the garlic, then the mushrooms. Cook the mushrooms close to done and add the eggplant and zucchini and cook until tender (8-10 minutes).
3. Once the sausage is done, slice and add to mixing bowl with 1 cup of Parmesan and .75 cups of ricotta.
4. Once the vegetables are done, add to the wine and cook off the alcohol. Add the tomatoes, more salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste. Cook until the pasta is done (or if you remembered to cook the pasta at the same time (unlike me) about 10 minutes). Drain pasta well.
5. Add the vegetable mixture to the sausage and toss.
6. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with non-stick spray, add the pasta and top with the sausage and vegetable mixture, stirring to mix through. Top with dollops of the remaining ricotta and sprinkle with the remaining parmesian.
7. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven about a half hour until heated through and bubbly. Increase heat to 450 and cook a few minutes more until cheese on top is golden brown.
8. Remove from heat and let cool 10 minutes or so and serve.
