Italian Sausage Charlotte

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs mild italian sausage
• 1 medium zucchini, sliced
• 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 1 medium green bell pepper
• 1 (16 ounce) jar alfredo sauce, divided
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 2 teaspoons italian seasoning, divided
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 16 slices firm italian bread
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 spray oven proof casserole dish with non stick spray.
• 3 remove sausage links from casings, the casings are not used, so throw them out.
• 4 cut sausage into 1/2" pieces and cook over medium high heat in skillet, until well browned. make sure there is no pink left in the meat.
• 5 slice zucchini and mushrooms.
• 6 cut pepper into 1/4" strips.
• 7 remove meat from skillet, drain. before adding 1 cup of the alfredo sauce wipe the pan out thoroughly with paper towels, it should be dry, then bring the alfredo sauce to a boil. stir in sausage and vegetables.
• 8 pour mixture into large casserole dish, mounding a bit in the center.
• 9 topping.
• 10 in a bowl whisk remaining alfredo sauce, milk and eggs. add pressed garlic, 1 teaspoon of the italian seasoning mix, and salt.
• 11 cut crusts off the bread, and dip bread into egg mixture, coating lightly.
• 12 place the bread, slightly overlapped around the edge of the casserole dish on top of the meat mixture, leaving the middle open.
• 13 place drained tomatoes into a bowl, add remaining italian seasoning. carefully, spoon mixture into opening of casserole, sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• 14 bake for 25 - 30 minutes, or till edges of the bread are deep golden brown.