Sweet Italian sausage with Sweet peppers

Ingredients:

6 sweet Italian sausage links

1 tablespoons butter

3 to 4 sweet bell peppers red yellow and orange

¼ cup balsamic vinegar plus more to tast

1/8 cup sugar

6 hoagie buns

salt and pepper to taste, start with about ¼

teaspoon

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 medium red onion

Shredded jack cheese

½ cup dark beer.

Directions:

Clean peppers and remove seeds. Cut pepper into strips. Cut a red onion in half and slice into half

moon strips about ¼ inch wide. Set pepper and onion aside

Place a heavy gage stock pot or soup pot over medium heat. Add olive oil (extra virgin) just until you

see a light smoke. Closely watch the pot for a light smoke. Don’t over heat or you will scorch the oil.

Add the sweet Italian sausage and brown on both sides. Keep a close watch on the first side it will

brown quickly. Don’t fully cook the sausage just brown both sides. You will finish cooking later. Remove

and set aside.

Add butter, peppers, onion, salt and pepper to pan you cooked the sausage in. reduce heat to medium

low. Once butter is melted add balsamic vinegar and beer and bring to a simmer. Place the sausage in

the pan with the onion and peppers.

Cook on a light simmer for about 25 minutes making sure the liquids reduces by at least halve. Stir

occasionally making sure to turn sausage for even cooking.

Chef Brad