Author Notes
It a recipe that my mother made and I improved it to my taste. —Frank Rescigno
Ingredients
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1 pound
Italian Hot Sausage (out of casing)
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4 pounds
Spinach
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1 1/2 cups
Diced Onion
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8 ounces
Sliced Mushrooms
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2 to 3 pounds
Potatoes
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3 tablespoons
Salt
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4 ounces
Olive Oil
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4 ounces
Butter
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2 tablespoons
Black Pepper (fresh ground if you can)
Directions
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In a pot add 1 table spoon of salt and cover potatoes with water and cook till tender. When done remove the potatoes and give them a rough mash (add a little butter and salt and pepper to taste) and set aside. Save water to steam the Spinach.
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In a large sauté pan add 1 ounce of olive oil and add 1 1/2 cups of onions, Hot Sausage (take out of casing and crumble), cook for 5 minutes then add the mushrooms and cook till tender. Add more olive oil if needed. Set aside the pan will use it later
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In a large pot (with potato water) steam all the Spinach and drain. When cool squeeze the spinach to get rid of most of the water
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Now take the cool spinach and chop into pieces and add to the sauté pan with sausage and mushrooms and cook for 6 more minutes. Next add the potatoes to the mixture and mix well blending them together, until they are blended well. Now add 4 ounce stick of butter and keep turning until are fully mixed.
Serve with fresh Italian bread.
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