Olive Garden Neapolitan Ziti

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 24 ounces sweet italian sausage links or 24 ounces hot italian sausage links
• 1 1/3 cups green bell peppers
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 lb ziti pasta, cooked
• parmesan cheese, grated
• parsley sprig
• 40 fluid ounces marinara sauce
• 28 ounces italian-style canned tomatoes
• 10 3/4 fluid ounces tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup fresh basil, packed,chopped
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool.
• 2 halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into ½ inch slices.
• 3 sauté the bell peppers in olive oil over moderate heat only until their crispness is loss, but peppers are not soft.
• 4 in a heavy saucepan add the tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil and fresh basil and bring to a light simmer on moderate heat.
• 5 add the sautéed pepper strips and cooked sausage and heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
• 6 serve the pasta, topped with the sausage, peppers and salsa marinara and garnish each plate with a parsley bouquet.
• 7 pass the parmesan.