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Olive Garden Neopolitan Ziti
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 4
Categories:
Pasta
/
Pork
Ingredients: 1 1/2
pounds
Italian sausage links,
sweet/hot
1 1/3
cups
green bell pepper,
1x1/4"
2
tablespoons
olive oil 3/4
pound
ziti pasta,
cooked
parmesan cheese,
grated
parsley sprigs 5
cups
marinara sauce 28
ounces
Italian plum tomatoes 10 3/4
ounces
tomato puree 1
teaspoon
garlic,
minced
4
tablespoons
olive oil 1/2
cup
fresh basil,
packed, chopped
salt and pepper
Directions:
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 oil 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.
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