Italian Sausage And Vegetable Saute

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This is sauteed first in frypan then finished off to bake in the oven to melt the cheese, just make certain that you have a large enough frypan for this, and use the large italian sausages for this and remove the meat from the casings.

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Steps

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Heat oil in a large nonstick frypan or dutch oven.

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Add in the sausage meat and cook breaking up the meat with a spoon then remove the sausage to a bowl.

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To the same skillet / pot add in the chopped eggplant , zucchini , bell pepper , onion , garlic , dried basil , chili flakes.

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Saute for about 7-8 minutes or until just softened.

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Add the cooked sausage meat back to the skillet or pot with the chopped drained tomatoes , parsley and black pepper reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

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Add in 1 / 3 cup grated parmesan cheese.

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Mix to combine.

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Set oven to 350 degrees and butter a 8 x 8-inch baking dish.

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Transfer the mixture to the baking dish.

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Sprinkle the top with about 1-1 / 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese.

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Bake for 20-22 minutes or until the cheese melts and is bubbling.

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Ingredients

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oil, italian sausages, eggplants, zucchini, green bell pepper, onion, garlic, dried basil, dried red pepper flakes, plum tomatoes, fresh parsley, salt and black pepper, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese