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post #1 of 5
7/8/09 at 10:46am
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I love this stuff. However now that my wife has gone to a gluten free diet the pizza's are coming much farther apart. In order to supplement my pepperoni intake I have bought a stick for myself and have been using it things non-bread so the DW can enjoy it too.

the first was a simple scramble with small diced pepperoni and some cheese. I had a little sriracha sauce on mine, wife doesn't do heat and enjoy hers plain.

last night I had some squash from the garden (its starting to come in daily) small diced it with some shaved red onions and a clove of minced garlic. Sauteed some small diced pepperoni till it got some oil up, and tossed in the veges, add a small bit of butter and s&p at the end.

anyway, I bring this up cause after doing a few searches for different recipes using pepperoni, I get alot of bread and pasta dishes. anyone know of any "classic" pepperoni recipes that don't involve gluten?
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post #2 of 5
7/10/09 at 6:08pm
Stuffed Mushrooms Parmigiana
12 large mushrooms
2 TBS. butter or margarine
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 oz pepperoni, finely diced
¼ c. finely chopped green bell pepper
1 small clove garlic, minced
½ c. finely crushed cracker crumbs
3 TBS. grated Parmesan cheese
1 TBS. minced parsley
¼ tsp. dried oregano, crushed
Seasoned salt
Pepper
1/3 cup chicken [or vegetable] broth

Rinse and dry mushrooms. Remove, finely chop and reserve stems. Melt butter in skillet. Add onion, pepperoni, green pepper, garlic and chopped mushroom stems. Cook until all vegetables are tender but not brown. Add cracker crumbs, Parmesan, parsley and oregano; season to taste with seasoned salt and pepper. Mix well. Stir in chicken broth. Spoon filling into mushroom caps, rounding tops. Place caps in shallow baking pan with about ¼” water. Bake, uncovered, at 325F 25 minutes, or until heated through. Serve as a side dish or appetizer.


Now I'm hungry!
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post #3 of 5
7/10/09 at 6:11pm
I can sit there with a stick of pepperoni and a sharp knife until it's gone. A great snacking sausage, IMO.
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post #4 of 5
7/11/09 at 3:21am
Pepperoni and scrambled eggs is my favorite breakfast. Doesn't work so well as an omelete but if you toss the pepperoni into the eggs before you throw them into the pan (vs. cooking the eggs first), just enough of the oil comes out to make the eggs fabulous!
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post #5 of 5
7/12/09 at 4:46am
Crisp up strips of pepperoni and use them on a cream of tomato soup to garnish. Or use the same on a tossed green salad, just drain them on kitchen towel first, maybe with some shaved parmigiano. Although its probably not the season for it where you are, as a topping for stuffed baked potatoes. Or over roast veg like pumpkin, sweet potato, tomato, red onion, tossed together with dried oregano, drizzle of olive oil, S&P and roast.

Chop it very fine, add into meatball/ burger/meatloaf mix. Make a chicken "pizza" - flatten out a chicken breast evenly as thin as you can, top with passata, cheese/s of choice, pepperoni, bell peppers strips, jalapenos. Bake about 10 mins (till chicken is done) in mod. hot oven. Sprinkle with oregano/basil.

Line a dariole mould with very fine slices of pepperoni, sprinkle shredded cheese of choice into the bottom, crack an egg on top, top with a slice of tomato. Bake till egg is set as you like, then tip out and serve (green salad if you must).

Or eat it in front of the idiot box, paring knife in one hand, pepperoni stick in the other, feet on coffee table hehe :)

This is very 70's: Make stacks of pepperoni with slices of cheese cut to same size, make several layers, starting and ending with pepperoni, stick 'em with a cocktail stick and enjoy, or you could try putting them in the oven for a bit until cheeses melts a little. No calories in that one.

Use as part of an antipasto platter, with all the usual suspects.
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