Ingredients
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1 1/3 cups green bell peppers
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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3/4 lb ziti pasta, cooked
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parmesan cheese, grated
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parsley sprig
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40 fluid ounces marinara sauce
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28 ounces italian-style canned tomatoes
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10 3/4 fluid ounces tomato puree
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1 teaspoon garlic, minced
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4 tablespoons olive oil
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1/2 cup fresh basil, packed,chopped
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salt and pepper
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24 ounces sweet Italian sausage links or 24 ounces hot Italian sausage links
Instructions
- Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool.
- Halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into ½ inch slices.
- Sauté the bell peppers in olive oil over moderate heat only until their crispness is loss, but peppers are not soft.
- In a heavy saucepan add the tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil and fresh basil and bring to a light simmer on moderate heat.
- Add the sautéed 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.