Sausage and zucchini casserole

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Olive oil; (up to 3)
pounds Ground chuck
1 pounds Hot or mild Italian sausage
3 Zucchini; (cut into 1/2-inch cubes)
4 Garlic cloves; (chopped)
1 Onion; (sliced)
1 cup Long-grain rice
1 can (14 1/2-oz) whole tomatoes (chopped)
2 teaspoons Fennel seed
½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon Finely chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon Finely chopped fresh rosemary
Salt black pepper to taste
3 cups Chicken broth or stock
1 cup Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat the oil in a large 5-quart Dutch oven.

Add the ground chuck and sausage. Brown. Drain and set aside. Saute the zucchini, garlic, and onion in the dutch oven with hot oil until soft and translucent. Add the rice and cook until opaque, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, fennel, red pepper flakes, basil, rosemary, salt, pepper, and chicken broth. Heat thoroughly or until just to the boil. Stir in the meat.

Transfer to a rectangular baking dish. Top with some Parmesan cheese and bake for 1 hour.

Posted to recipelu-digest by molony <molony@...> on Mar 03, 1998

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