It’s only the beginning of june and it’s already time to break out the crockpot and clothes drying line because it’s HOOOT!!!! This dish would have probably been much prettier if cooked in the oven but it’s just as tasty out of the crock pot and doesn’t heat up the whole house.
Kumquaty Stuffed Tomato & Eggplant
10 italian tomatoes
6 indian eggplant ( so cute and small 🙂 )
3 lbs italian bulk sausage
1 bell pepper diced
1/2 onion diced.
salt
garlic powder
Cook sausage through breaking it up into small pieces. Once halfway cooked add bell pepper and onions and cook til softened. Set aside and let cool. Cut a hole in the top of the tomatoes and pull out seeds and flesh and put into bottom of crock pot. Set aside cored tomatoes. Cut stem off eggplant and cut a “x” in the bottom of the eggplant 3/4 way through. Cut out some of the flesh of the eggplant and put in bottom of crockpot. Sprinkle a little salt and garlic powder over tomato and eggplant in crock pot. Place tomatoes and eggplant into crock pot alternating cut side up. Fill with cooled sausage mixture. sprinkle any remaining sausage that won’t fit into tomato and eggplant cavities overtop. Cook on low in crockpot for 4-6 hours.
Kumquaty Homemade Hot Italian Bulk Sausage
3 lbs pork
2 tbs bacon grease (room temp to making mixing easy)
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp italian seasoning mix (oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary)
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
Combine.
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