Italian sausage recipes

Hot sausage and mirliton casserole is the New Orleans Creole classic: chayote squash baked with Italian sausage, bell peppers, bread cubes, mozzarella, and fontina. A holiday-table staple.

A fiery, no-bean red chili packing four meats (beef chuck, T-bone, Italian sausage, and armadillo), six kinds of peppers, bacon, and beer. Feeds a crowd of 15 with serious heat.

Hearty firehouse-style chili with hot Italian sausage and ground beef, red kidney beans, tomatoes, red wine, and honey. A bold, slightly sweet, slightly spicy crowd-feeding bowl.

Hearty Italian spaghetti sauce with pork ribs, homemade meatballs, and scorched tomato paste simmered for hours into rich, meaty perfection.

Learn how to make a variety of delicious pasta sauces that can make any meal taste amazing!

Saffron-infused rice tossed with smoky chorizo, sweet peppers, and fresh coriander. This crowd-sized paella salad feeds 12 and travels beautifully to potlucks and cookouts.

Due to its rich beefy flavor, and the hearty belly warming cheese tortellini, this beef tortellini soup has been a family favorite at our home for years.

My family loved this meatloaf! I used hot Italian turkey sausage and italian breadcrumbs; also, made the sauce with red wine. The leftovers were eaten before going to bed. It's a winner.

A very simple, yummy spaghetti recipe for anyone to make or enjoy! Serving sizes are half a cup each.

Lentils with cotechino sausage, an Italian New Year's tradition. Slow-poached pork sausage served over lentils braised with sage, soffritto, and tomato.

Rigatoni with Italian sausage, red wine, olives, and peppers tossed in a quick simmered spaghetti sauce. A hearty one-skillet pasta dinner with bold Italian flavors.

Homemade Italian pepperoni sticks smoked and dried from scratch with beef, anise, allspice, and hot chili peppers. A serious charcuterie project for sausage makers.

Low-fat cabbage soup with browned turkey sausage, orzo pasta, plum tomatoes, and Italian herbs. A filling one-pot meal in just 35 minutes.

Sausage manicotti stuffs ricotta, browned Italian sausage, mozzarella, and Parmesan into pasta tubes, then bakes under tomato sauce and melted cheese. One-pan Italian-American comfort baked in 35 minutes.

Italian pistachio pilaf with basmati rice, seitan, sweet bell peppers, fennel, scallions, and a generous cup of pistachios. A vegetarian Mediterranean main with serious Italian-sausage flavor.

Homemade Italian sausage with ground pork, fennel, garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes. DIY recipe, casings optional, makes 2 pounds.