On my way out of the locker room at work I noticed a small stack of photocopied papers sitting on a table. They were all copies of the following recipe. I do not know where this recipe came from or who left a stack of photocopies of it at work. I have been thinking about trying it out just for kicks. I mean, who doesn’t try out random recipes they find sitting around their place of employment. Okay, here is the recipe just as it appears in the recipe of mystery:
1. Four italian sausage links browned (out of casing) in soup ban. Remove and cut into chunks. Set aside (you can use more sausage if you like).
2. Sautee 1 red pepper (chopped), yellow pepper (chopped), orange pepper (chopped), yellow onion (cut into chunks), 3 celery sticks (chopped into 1/4 inch chunks), 2 (or as much as you like) garlic (diced). Sautee these in 2tbsp oil.
3. Pour in some red wine to deglaze the soup pan. Then add 3 cans stewed tomatoes, 1 can (6oz) tomato paste, 2 cans kidney beans (drained), one can butter beans (drained), 1/4 cup black olives (sliced). Add more wine until at least 1/2 the bottle is in the sauce- you can drink the rest! Add 1 1/2 tsp black pepper and 1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder.
4. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Taste…if not spicy enough add some red chili pepper flakes and simmer longer.
Hmmmm…should I try it? How many does this serve, anyways? An army? That is a whole lot of beans. And a whole lot of wine.