Two Great Pasta Dishes

Last Tuesday we stopped by the local redneck meat market, with a ceiling that looks like this...

to pick up some chicken basil Parmesan sausage. We turned said sausage into this lovely meal. Grilled chicken sausage sliced, tossed with rigatoni, sauteed onions, red & green peppers, spicy marinara, fresh basil and mozzarella pearls. Umm, yes, very delicious. And with jarred marinara, very quick and easy.

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Pork Orloff ala Amy

Joseph requested beef stroganoff for dinner tonight, a good choice given our oven less predicament. We both had steaks last night so I chose to change it up a bit, but still give him what he wanted. Here's how it went down.

First, I thinly sliced a pork tenderloin. Then I browned it up in some bacon fat & butter (gross, right? no, so so good). I sprinkled a bit of flour over it and salt and pepper.
Then removed the pork, added a bit more butter and sauteed one white onion, 2 T minced garlic, one sliced green onion and one pint chopped mushrooms. After 10 minutes, deglazed with 1 ounce of Knob Creek whiskey and 1 cup white wine. Then I scraped all the pork goodness bits off the bottom and added 2 cups beef stock. Brought to a boil and simmered for about 20 minutes.
Once sauce was thickened, removed from heat, made a liaison to slowly add in one cup sour cream, 1 T dijon mustard and 1 chopped green onion. Served over egg noodles with sauteed squash, zucchini and carrots.... it was heavenly. I recommend it highly. Joseph does too. Although now that I'm looking at the pictures, it seems to resemble orphanage food.