Yesterday was our 14th wedding anniversary. I wanted to do a nice dinner. Tracy said no sense in it. That means she was leading up to wanting hamburgers....again. I didn't want burgers, I wanted Italian. I knew the only way to make an Italian dinner "special" for her was to make Skilletini. This was her favorite in a really nice place we used to go to to years ago and remains her favorite. I'm good with that as long as I get my Italian fix.
Start the sauce with spicy Italian sausage early in the day so it can sit for hours and get happy. Add crushed red peppers and cayenne for the "spicy" element
Saute some peppers and onions
Cook some pasta, put it in a bowl, and mix most of the sauce into it
A little sauce in the bottoms of the CI pans
Add the pasta mix and just for good measure, some more sauce
Top with veggies and a nice dose of Parmesan
Pile on the mozz and garnish with parsley
Got some garlic toast ready to cook
Skillets onto the grill
Done and ready to serve
Plated and out to the patio
I would have preferred to do the dinner outside but they were calling for some horrific weather. I was concerned that if it hit in the middle of cooking dinner I'd be up the creek so it was an inside cooked dinner for the most part. I typically like a nice salad with Italian food but was told that with all the veggies in the main dish, it wasn't necessary. OK, one less thing to make
This dinner was fantastic!! The addition of some crushed red pepper and cayenne really makes the sauce pop. You get a nice spicy glow but not something that would peel dried paint off the driveway. Thankfully there was no mention of burgers and Tracy was thrilled that I made her favorite Italian meal. It was a win-win din-din.
Thanks for dropping in-in (UGH!! That's enough ) and we'll see y'all soon.
Robert
Start the sauce with spicy Italian sausage early in the day so it can sit for hours and get happy. Add crushed red peppers and cayenne for the "spicy" element
Saute some peppers and onions
Cook some pasta, put it in a bowl, and mix most of the sauce into it
A little sauce in the bottoms of the CI pans
Add the pasta mix and just for good measure, some more sauce
Top with veggies and a nice dose of Parmesan
Pile on the mozz and garnish with parsley
Got some garlic toast ready to cook
Skillets onto the grill
Done and ready to serve
Plated and out to the patio
I would have preferred to do the dinner outside but they were calling for some horrific weather. I was concerned that if it hit in the middle of cooking dinner I'd be up the creek so it was an inside cooked dinner for the most part. I typically like a nice salad with Italian food but was told that with all the veggies in the main dish, it wasn't necessary. OK, one less thing to make
This dinner was fantastic!! The addition of some crushed red pepper and cayenne really makes the sauce pop. You get a nice spicy glow but not something that would peel dried paint off the driveway. Thankfully there was no mention of burgers and Tracy was thrilled that I made her favorite Italian meal. It was a win-win din-din.Thanks for dropping in-in (UGH!! That's enough
) and we'll see y'all soon.Robert
