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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat about 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large, heavy based dutch oven. | 2. Add the onions and peppers and saute until the onions just start to go transparent. Remove these from the pan and set aside. | 3. Add a little more olive oil to the pan and add the eggplant and zucchini. Saute these together for 8-10 minutes. Remove these from the pan and set aside. | 4. Deglaze the pan with the red wine and balsamic vinegar. Add the garlic, bay, thyme and sugar and allow this to simmer until the wine is reduced by about half. | 5. Add the tomatoes and simmer until the tomatoes start breaking down. | 6. Return all the veggies to the pan, add the mushrooms and simmer on low for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adjusting the flavor, as needed, with salt, pepper and/or sugar. | 7. While the Ratatouille/Gumbo is simmering, take the turkey sausage and place in a frying pan with about 1/4 cup of water or other liquid (I use beer, of course) and cook over medium heat, flipping occasionally, until done (about 10-15 minutes) Slice the sausages into rings about 1 cm. thick. | 8. Add the sausage rings and the chicken to the Ratatouille/Gumbo and simmer everything together until the chicken is warmed all the way through. | 9. Serve over polenta, mashed potatoes, rice, noodles or whatever your fancy is. Although I'm gluten intolerant, I'm relatively sure that crusty bread would be heavenly with this. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil				-	-	-	-
onion	2		slivered	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
red pepper	1		seeded cut	1.25	0.2753	0.0584	0.0138
green pepper	1		seeded cut	29.8	6.9136	1.2814	0.2533
yellow pepper	1		seeded cut	-	-	-	-
eggplant	1		cut	-	-	-	-
zucchini	2		cut	4.62	0.6842	0.5962	0.08800000000000001
mushroom	1/2	lb		77.1108	15.3995	5.0802	1.1113
red wine	2	cups		-	-	-	-
balsamic vinegar	2	tablespoons		28.16	5.4496	0.1568	0.0
garlic clove	6		chopped	706.0667	0.0	157.08	3.9667
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
thyme	1	tablespoon	chopped	2.424	0.5868	0.1334	0.0403
sugar	1/2 - 1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
plum tomato	28	ounces	canned roasted	706.0667	0.0	157.08	3.9667
tomato	16	ounces	chopped roasted	104.3261	23.1332	5.4431	0.9072
italian turkey sausage	1	lb	sweet	716.6768	21.0921	68.2657	39.6894
chicken	2	cups	shredded cooked	-	-	-	-
salt pepper				706.0667	0.0	157.08	3.9667

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.