Sausage Cacciatore

Growing up Italian this was a staple in our home, and our New Year's tradition. Well sausage was our tradition, the presentation could vary each year. This year I made my dad's recipe of this amazing dish and it came out so good! This recipe makes a huge batch, plenty to put out at a party. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
6 sweet italian sausage links
6 hot italian sausage links
32 oz fresh sweet peppers, seeded and sliced
2 green bell peppers, seeded and sliced
2 large sweet onions, sliced
23 ox canned tomato sauce
oregano to taste
olive oil
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
16 oz sliced mushrooms
tomato paste (if necessary)
2 loaves of Italian bread

Directions: 
1. In a large skillet add peppers. onions, garlic and olive oil and cook over medium, medium-high heat until the peppers and onions go down a bit. Then add all the sausage links.

2. Cook until the peppers and onions become soft and the sausage starts to brown, stirring often. Once the sausage is cooked about half way through, about 20 minutes, add sauce and cook another 10 minutes. Remove sausage links a few at a time and slice. Do this on a dish with sides so the juice does not run off and can be poured back into the pan. 

3. Once all the links have been sliced, add about a TBS of oregano and mushrooms and let simmer for about 1.5 hours with no lid. If the sauce is is too runny add tomato paste until desired thickness is reached. 

4. Slice bread and serve topped with sausage cacciatore. Enjoy!