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      Title: Italian Sausage Pizzaiola
 Categories: Italian, Sausage, Sandwiches, Mushrooms, Cheese
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Onions; chopped
      4 tb Fresh basil; chopped
      6    Plum tomatoes; quartered
    1/2 lb Mushrooms; sliced
           Salt
           Freshly ground black pepper
      4 tb Romano cheese; grated
      1    Red bell pepper; roasted,
           -skinned and chopped
    1/2 ts Italian seasoning
      1 lb Italian sweet sausage;
           -skin removed
      8 sm French sour dough rolls -OR-
      4 lg French sour dough rolls
      2 ts Olive oil
      6 oz Jar marinated artichokes
      8    Kalamata olives; pitted and
           -chopped
      2 cl Garlic; chopped
 
  Brown sausage slowly, rendering as much grease as possible. Submerge
  sausage in boiling water for 10-15 seconds to allow more grease to
  float away. Saute mushrooms, onions, red pepper, artichoke hearts,
  olives, garlic in olive oil until crisp-tender, about 3-4 minutes.
  Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning, basil and sausage. Reduce heat and
  simmer until it is of the right consistency. Add salt & pepper to
  taste.
  
  Meanwhile, cut tops off rolls and hollow them out. Then place in
  350 F oven for a few minutes until crusts are crisp. Fill each roll
  with sausage/vegetable mixture. Sprinkle Romano atop each roll and
  place under broiler just until cheese starts to melt. Serve this
  alongside a green salad with Italian dressing and a glass of
  Bardolino or Chianti.
  
  If you make your own Italian dressing, save the artichoke marinade
  to mix into the dressing.
  
  From: Bill Lawrie
  
  (I disagree with boiling the sausage and discarding the grease of
  course- JW)
 
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