Garlic Butter Sausage Subs

Do you love Italian Sausage?  I LOVE our Harter House Italian Sausage!

Our Harter House Homemade Italian Sausage is made from a recipe handed down in the Bettlach Family for generations. We sell a Hot, Mild & Sweet Italian Sausage at all six  HH locations.

Here are some super simple recipes for your family to enjoy!

Garlic Butter 

Italian Sausage Sub

Ingredients

¼ c. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cloves garlic, finely grated
¼ c. freshly chopped parsley
¼ tsp. kosher salt
4 sub rolls
1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 lb. ground House sweet Italian sausage
2 c. marinara sauce
8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ c. thinly sliced basil leaves

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°. In a small bowl, combine the butter with the garlic, parsley and salt. Split the rolls lengthwise, leaving a hinge on the back and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Spread cut sides of rolls with butter mixture. Bake until golden, about 8 minutes.
   
   
2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet. Add sausage and cook, breaking up large pieces with a spoon and stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 7 minutes. Add marinara sauce and cook stirring until warmed throughout, about 2 minutes.
   
   
3. Spoon sausage mixture into toasted rolls and top with cheese. Return to the oven and cook until cheese is melted, about 7 minutes. Sprinkle with basil and serve.

Italian Sausage Sub

1 lb. Harter House Homemade Italian Sausage

Fresh Sub Rolls

2 Green and/or Red Sweet Bell Peppers

1 Medium Onion

Marinara Sauce

Salt, pepper, and garlic for taste

Cook sausage on medium heat in covered pan for the first 10 minutes. Turn sausage over, lower temperature to medium low and cover for and additional 10 minutes. Uncover and cook for 5 more minutes. Serve on fresh sub rolls. With peppers and onions: 2 Green and/or Red Sweet Bell Peppers 1 Medium Onion In separate pan, cut onions and peppers into strips. Add 1/8” oil to pan and steam-cook until tender. Serve with sausage on fresh sub rolls. *When frying sausage you can cook with water, vegetable oil or olive oil. **To retain natural juices, do not pierce sausage.

Italian Sausage Bread

This looks delicious! This is an incredibly easy recipe. Make sure you use good pizza dough and fresh mozzarella. Just brown the sausage and drain on paper towel, spread on dough, layer with cheese and some fresh parsley (on a greased pan), roll it up into a loaf and bake at 375 for about 30 minutes or until dough is golden brown. Serve sliced and warm from the oven with fresh marinara for dipping.

Hot Italian Sausage Skillet

Start with Harter House Fresh Hot Italian Sausage (Remove from casing & crumble/brown in a frying pan). When cooked, remove and drain sausage from pan, set aside. In same pan, fry cut potatoes until tender and brown. In a separate pan, fry your sliced onion & (red & yellow) peppers in a little olive oil until tender and brown. Add cooked potatoes and sausage to the onions and peppers and mix .

Serve in a generous bowl topped with a melted cheese on top!! (Can serve with scrambled eggs as well)

Italian Quesadillas

2 lbs. Harter House Italian Sausage

1 pkg. Large Flour Tortillas

2 Bell Peppers, Red and Green

1 Red Onion, diced

Virgin Olive Oil

Garlic Powder

Italian Seasoning

Lemon Pepper

Grated Mozzarella/Provolone blend or Italian Blend Cheeses

Brown sausage in skillet. As sausage is browning, crumble with fork, approximately 20-25 minutes. Drain grease from sausage. Sauté bell peppers and onions. Brush each flour tortilla with olive oil on both sides and liberally sprinkle with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and lemon pepper on both sides of the tortilla. While tortilla is searing in skillet add cheeses, sausage, peppers, and onions. Fold tortilla in half and turn over to brown for 20 seconds. Mango relish is a great compliment for the Quesadillas.