The recipe on here is based on a Cooking Light recipe I found. I changed it a little bit to make it a little more saucy. One of my favorite things to do is find sauces in the jar and doctor them up a bit! I cooked for six people and everything was gone!
To go with this pasta and sauce I served a salad with mixed greens, bell pepper, sunburst tomatoes, green onion and croutons with balsamic vinaigrette. I also served it with warm italian bread with margarine and garlic salt!
Tomato, Basil and Sausage with Penne Pasta
From Cooking Light
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- Ingredients:
- 1 box uncooked penne
- 1 pkg sweet Italian turkey sausage (about 6 large links)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 medium vertically sliced onion
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 2 cups tomatoes, chopped
- 1 14.5 oz can of tomatoes
- 1 cup of your favorite jarred tomato sauce ( I used Newman's Own Tomato Basil )
- salt
- black pepper
- 3/4 cup torn fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
Directions:
1. Cook pasta according to directions.
2. Remove sausage from casings. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add sausage to it. Cook for about 4 minutes stirring to crumble the sausage. Then add onion, can of tomatoes, and garlic for about 4 minutes.
3. Add 1 cup of your favorite jarred tomato sauce, fresh tomatoes and red pepper. Stir it all together and let it simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes. If you want.. a splash of wine or beer will help to blend the flavors. If it reduces by too much add about a quarter cup of pasta water!
4. Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat, stir in fresh basil and serve over pasta!
Enjoy!!
I forgot to take a picture of the fixed plates so I took a picture of the aftermath! I do believe this is success :)
2. Remove sausage from casings. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add sausage to it. Cook for about 4 minutes stirring to crumble the sausage. Then add onion, can of tomatoes, and garlic for about 4 minutes.
3. Add 1 cup of your favorite jarred tomato sauce, fresh tomatoes and red pepper. Stir it all together and let it simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes. If you want.. a splash of wine or beer will help to blend the flavors. If it reduces by too much add about a quarter cup of pasta water!
4. Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat, stir in fresh basil and serve over pasta!
Enjoy!!
I forgot to take a picture of the fixed plates so I took a picture of the aftermath! I do believe this is success :)
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