You may need a couple of special tools for this recipe, a vegetable stripper, mandolin, or grater. Salad spinner, muslin cloth, or cheese cloth. This to strip the zucchinis into strips and to drain the excessive liquids from zucchini.
Strip the zucchini then salt it. This will draw the extra liquids out.
Spin or put into cloth and gently press the liquids out.
Chop the bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Slice all the olives in half. This will allow you to check for pits. Mix together.
Start browning your meat.
Add the peppers, onions, mushrooms, and olives. Mix well with the meat and let it meld together. Add herbs and spices. Add sugar.
Mix the fennel seed with the second pound of sausage, form into little disc.
Fry in a pan with 2 tablespoons of oil
When the disc are done having a crust outside but done on the inside.
When the ground sirloin, sausage, and mushroom and pepper mixture is done add tomatoes
Mix well
Add tomato sauce let simmer then add sausage fennel seed disc. Mix well and simmer.
Add tomato paste after 10 minutes of simmering.
Simmer taste and adjust seasonings. Simmer 3 minutes more to incorporate the new seasonings.
By now the the zucchini should be ready and drained. Put together add your cheese and red pepper flakes. Serve hope you enjoy!
