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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef Pasta
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-WALDINE VAN GEFFEN
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1 1/2 lb Sweet/hot Italian link
Sausage
1 1/3 c Green bell pepper -- 1x1/4"
2 tb Olive oil
3/4 lb Ziti pasta -- cooked
Parmesan cheese -- grated
Parsley bouquets
5 c Marinara sauce
28 oz Canned tomatoes-Italian
Style or plum
10 3/4 oz Tomato puree
1 t Garlic -- minced
4 tb Olive oil
1/2 c Fresh basil -- packed,
Chopped
Salt and pepper
Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked,
drain, cool. Halve the sausages and cut the split
sausages into 1/2" slices. Saute the bell peppers
in olive oil over moderate heat only until their
crispness is loss, but peppers are not soft. In a
heavy sauce pan add the tomatoes, tomato puree,
garlic, olive oiil and fresh basil and bring to a
light simmer on moderate heat. Add the sauteed pepper
strips and cooked sausage and heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
Serve the pasta, topped with the sausage, peppers and
salsa marinara and garnish each plate with a parsley
bouquet. Pass the Parmesan. Source: The Olive Garden.
