Sweet Italian Sausage Casserole
This Sweet Italian Sausage Casserole is a healthy recipe combining delicious Italian sausage and bountiful summer produce.
Servings Prep Time
4Pople 30 Minutes
Cook Time
40 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
4Pople 30 Minutes
Cook Time
40 Minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet. Add the sausage breaking it up and cook it until browned and cooked through. Remove the sausage from the skillet with a slotted spoon and set aside.
  2. To the same skillet add the next 6 ingredients and cook until softened.
  3. To the softened vegetables add the reserved sausage, tomatoes, parsley, basil, and cayenne. Simmer together for 15 minutes.
  4. Put all of the simmered ingredients into a 8 x 9 deep casserole dish. Top with the mozzarella cheese.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees
Recipe Notes

I am quite generous with the measurements of the ingredients when I make this myself.

There are a variety of ways to remove the bitterness from eggplant.  Tempering Bitter Eggplant.  When I prepare the eggplant I slice it into 1/2 inch slices, lay the slices on paper towels and salt the slices generously and evenly.  I do this about an hour in advance of using it.  Be sure to rinse the slices and pat them dry.  I then dice them.

Chop all of your vegetable approximately the same size so that they will cook evenly.