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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Trim fennel, reserving fronds and bulb. Cut fennel bulb in half lengthwise; cut each bulb half lengthwise into (1/4-inch-thick) slices. Cut bulb slices into 2-inch-long pieces. Chop fennel fronds to measure 1/3 cup. | 2. 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. | 3. Cook 8 minutes or until the pasta is almost al dente, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl, reserving 2 cups cooking water. | 4. While pasta cooks, heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Remove sausage from casings. | 5. Add sausage to Dutch oven; cook 2 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring to crumble. Push sausage to one side of pan. | 6. Add onion to open space in pan; cook 1 minute or until onion begins to soften. Stir onion into sausage. | 7. Push onion mixture to one side of the pan. Add fennel bulb to open space in pan; cook 1 minute or until fennel begins to soften. | 8. 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. | 9. Add 1/4 cup tomato paste to open space in pan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir tomato paste into fennel mixture. | 10. Add reserved 2 cups cooking water to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 6 minutes or until fennel is tender. | 11. Add fennel fronds and pasta; cook 2 minutes or until pasta is al dente, tossing to combine. Remove from heat; stir in cheese. Serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
fennel bulb	1	fennel		-	-	-	-
water	6	quarts		-	-	-	-
salt	2 1/4	teaspoons	divided	-	-	-	-
ziti pasta	1	lb	uncooked tube-shaped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
italian sausage	1	lb	sweet	1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
onion	2	cups	cut	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon	crushed	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
tomato paste	1/4	cup		54.12	12.4806	2.8512	0.3102
pecorino romano cheese	1/4	cup	grated	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667

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