Penne con Salsiccia, Funghi e Marmalade

 


This dish is impossibly good. I'm submitting it as my very own original recipe. I can't even describe how good this is. It's amazingly complex, but totally approachable. I'd bet a million that in no restaurant in this country has this dish been served. 

Penne con Salsiccia e marmalade

I'm making a new dish (leftover stuff in the house. think I'm getting the hang of using what's available).

Sausage with garlic, onion orange zest (made separately) then I added Penne pasta and a Red Onion / Port Marmalade (I used mull wine). Made the marmalade last night and it's really sweet and tasty. Should be nice coupled with the garlic, saltiness of the sausage.

Grilled Linguica Crostini with Onion Marmalade

Several quick steps to make these, but worth the little extra time. Linguica is a garlic sausage traditionally made in Portugal. I used a much less expensive and much more readily available Whole Foods sausage. The orange/wine marmalade is a nice accompany to the sausage. Little orange zest and a sprinkle of mozzarella (melted in the oven) complete. Good stuff!

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Gingerbread Party

For the party -Kris made a wonderful Spiced Wine (mulled wine) Had some a bit ago (+1 Day) and it was better than before.

Cider was great as well ; Cinnamon, Cloves, Allspice berries (cracked) and Star Anise-simmered about an hour. De-lish

Also, made an intersting Braciole; the stuffing being different than before - toasted pine nuts, lemon zest, capers and breadcrumbs bound by an egg. Came out really nice.

Basic Tomato Sauce

In a rush...had to make (another) lasagne and needed some basic red sauce. Used the lemon zest infused olive oil to start the shallots (left over from garnish of the Braciole from the previous nite) It gave the sauce a nice delicate, light flavor. Could make this the house sauce.