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Sausage and Asparagus Spaghettini
🍴 Ingredients
- Italian link sausage spaghettini (thin spaghetti) olive oil fresh asparagus trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces garlic cloves roma (plum) tomatoes seeded and diced garlic salt ground black pepper grated Parmesan cheese
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 15 m Cook 25 m Ready In 40 m Cook the Italian sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and no longer pink inside, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer sausages to a plate. When cool enough to handle, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices and set aside. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghettini at a boil until tender yet firm, about 8 minutes; drain. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir asparagus pieces in the hot oil until they start to soften, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 more minute. Mix in diced roma tomatoes, garlic salt, and black pepper; cook and stir until the tomatoes soften slightly, 1 or 2 more minutes. Remove vegetables from heat. Toss the sliced sausage in the skillet with the asparagus and tomatoes to combine; lightly mix in the spaghettini. Sprinkle the spaghettini and vegetables with Parmesan cheese
💬 Reviews (Great recipe, my wife usually prefers pasta with a lot of sauce but she gave 2 thumbs up on this one. Only change was using a BGe to cook the sausage so I had a bit of smoke flavour, will make this again for sure!')

Chef John's Italian Wedding Soup
🍴 Ingredients
- Beef Stock: vegetable oil thick slice meaty beef shank with bone coarsely chopped onion coarsely chopped carrot coarsely chopped celery quarts water bay leaf garlic black peppercorns boneless beef short ribs Meatballs: beaten egg chopped fresh parsley garlic heavy whipping cream soft bread crumbs shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese salt freshly ground black pepper quart chicken broth tomato paste salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste kale stems removed and leaves coarsely chopped pastina (tiny star-shaped pasta) freshly ground black pepper to taste (optional) shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (optional)
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 30 m Cook 4 h 40 m Ready In 6 h 10 m Heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a large, heavy pot over high heat; brown beef shank slice in hot oil until seared and browned on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Add onion, carrot, celery, water, bay leaf, 3 cloves peeled garlic, and black peppercorns; bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer until meat falls off the bone and stock turns brown in color, 4 to 5 hours. Add more water if beef stock level gets below about 5 cups. Place beef short ribs into freezer until firm and very cold, about 15 minutes. Cut meat into cubes and return to freezer until almost frozen, about 30 more minutes. Whisk egg with parsley, 2 cloves garlic, and cream in a bowl. Stir in bread crumbs and 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Place partially-frozen beef cubes into food processor and pulse with with 1/3 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper until beef is coarsely ground, 5 to 10 pulses. Pulse in bread crumb mixture until mixture is finely ground, about 5 more pulses. Transfer meat to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate. Strain beef stock into a large soup pot, discarding beef and vegetables. Mix chicken broth into beef stock and whisk in tomato paste. Bring broth mixture to a simmer and season with salt and black pepper to taste. Stir kale into broth; simmer kale until tender, about 15 minutes. Scoop 2-teaspoon portions of the meat mixture and roll into meatballs. Pour pastina into the simmering soup, cook for 5 minutes, and gently add meatballs. Simmer until meatballs are cooked through and tender, about 15 minutes. Serve in bowls garnished with a pinch of black pepper or a sprinkle of shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
💬 Reviews (For those wondering where the ground beef is, The recipe has you use a food processor to coarsely grind the beef and combine it with the meatball ingredients. Overall this is an amazing recipe and everyone should give it a try.')

Pork Osso Buco
🍴 Ingredients
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste thick-cut pork shank sections olive oil butter large yellow onion large carrot ribs celery kosher salt tomato paste all-purpose flour white wine chicken broth bay leaf dried thyme dried rosemary ground cloves Chopped Italian parsley Freshly grated lemon zest
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 10 m Cook 3 h 10 m Ready In 3 h 20 m Salt and pepper both sides of pork shank sections. Heat oil and butter in a heavy pot over high heat. Brown pork until it gets a nice sear, 3 or 4 minutes per side. Transfer pork to a plate; reduce heat to medium. Add onions, carrots, and celery to pot. Sprinkle with salt. Cook and stir until onions start to turn translucent. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until tomato paste starts to caramelize, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle in flour; stir for 2 minutes. Add white wine and raise heat to medium high. When sauce comes to a simmer, cook until sauce reduces slightly. Add bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, and ground cloves. Add chicken stock and return to a simmer. Transfer pork back to pot along with any accumulated juices. Bring mixture to a very slow simmer. Cover and cook until fork tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Serve shanks with plenty of sauce, topped with freshly chopped parsley and a sprinkle of lemon zest
💬 Reviews (I used beef shanks, and it is delicioius!')

Brined and Roasted Whole Turkey
🍴 Ingredients
- Morton® Coarse Kosher Salt sugar gallons cool water fresh whole bone-in skin-on turkey unsalted butter ground black pepper unsalted butter white wine chicken broth
👩🍳 Directions
Ready In 13 h 20 m Overnight Brine: Combine Morton(R)Kosher Salt and sugar in cool water in a large, clean stockpot until completely dissolved. Place the whole turkey in the brine until completely submerged. Cover and refrigerate overnight, up to 14 hours. Remove the turkey from the brine, rinse inside and out under cool running water for several minutes to remove all traces of salt; pat dry with paper towel. 4-5 hour Brine: To brine your turkey in less time (4-5 hours), use 2 cups of Morton(R)Coarse Kosher Salt and two cups of sugar. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours. To Roast: Mix the softened butter with the pepper. Place turkey on rack in roasting pan. Rub the seasoned butter under the skin. Brush the skin with the melted butter. Pour the 1 cup liquid (wine, broth or water) over the pan bottom to prevent drippings from burning. Roast turkey at 450 degrees F for 25 minutes, baste and then rotate the roasting pan. Continue roasting until the skin turns golden brown, an additional 25 minutes; baste again. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F; continue to roast, basting and rotating the pan once about halfway through cooking, until the minimum internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Remove the turkey from the oven. Let stand 20 minutes before carving
💬 Reviews (This was my first turkey ever made solo and my mom loved it! I was worried since my turkey was a bit larger, so I just watched the thermometer and it turned out great. The brine is what makes this- you could anything to the butter when coating the bird, but the brine leaves the meat super juicy. Thanks for the recipe!!')

Chicken Corn Black Bean Soup
🍴 Ingredients
- cooked rotisserie chicken chicken broth restaurant-style salsa (such as Pace®) sweet corn black beans rinsed and drained southwest-style corn condensed cream of chicken soup mild fire-roasted diced green chile peppers ground cumin chili powder garlic powder salt
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 15 m Cook 20 m Ready In 35 m Combine shredded chicken meat, chicken broth, salsa, sweet corn, black beans, southwest-style corn, cream of chicken soup, diced green chilies, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, and salt together in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until heated through and flavors blend, about 20 minutes
💬 Reviews (Super simple, Super yummy. Made exactly as directed, but this recipe lends itself well to customization.')

Roast Pheasant
🍴 Ingredients
- sprigs rosemary leaves stripped and chopped chopped fresh thyme olive oil pheasant cleaned salt and ground black pepper to taste
👩🍳 Directions
Prep 15 m Cook 2 h Ready In 2 h 25 m Preheat an oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Stir the chopped rosemary and thyme into the olive oil and set aside. Rub the pheasant inside and out with salt and pepper. Place into a close-fitting roasting pan. Pour the herb oil over top. Bake the pheasant in the preheated oven for 1 hour, then cover with aluminum foil, and continue baking an additional hour, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone reads 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Remove from the oven, cover with a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes before slicing. Baste the pheasant with the hot oil and juices from the pan every 30 minutes while cooking