Ziti with Sausage, Onions, and Fennel

Name: Ziti with Sausage, Onions, and Fennel
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper; 567 grams fennel bulb; 454 grams sweet Italian sausage; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 473 milliliters (1/4-inch-thick) onion wedges (about 2 medium); 28 grams 1/4 cup grated fresh pecorino Romano cheese; 2 teaspoons salt, divided; 59 milliliters tomato paste; 6 liters water; 454 grams uncooked ziti (short, tube-shaped pasta)

Ziti with Sausage, Onions, and Fennel might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 481 calories, 18g of protein, and 22g of fat. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of pepper, water, onion wedges, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Trim fennel, reserving fronds and bulb.

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Fennel

Cut fennel bulb in half lengthwise; cut each bulb half lengthwise into (1/4-inch-thick) slices.

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Fennel Bulb

Cut bulb slices into 2-inch-long pieces. Chop fennel fronds to measure 1/3 cup.

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Fennel

Bring 6 quarts water and 2 teaspoons of salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Stir in pasta; partially cover, and return to a boil, stirring frequently. Cook 8 minutes or until the pasta is almost al dente, stirring occasionally.

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Pasta

Water

Salt

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Pot

Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl, reserving 2 cups cooking water.

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Pasta

Water

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Bowl

While pasta cooks, heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Pasta

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Remove sausage from casings.

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Sausage

Add sausage to Dutch oven; cook 2 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble. Push sausage to one side of pan.

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Sausage

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Frying Pan

Add onion to open space in pan; cook 1 minute or until onion begins to soften. Stir onion into sausage. Push onion mixture to one side of the pan.

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Sausage

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add fennel bulb to open space in pan; cook 1 minute or until fennel begins to soften. Stir fennel into onion mixture. Stir in pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook 1 minute. Move the sausage and fennel mixture to outside edges of pan, leaving an open space in center.

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Fennel

Sausage

Pepper