Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        -----WALDINE VAN GEFFEN VGHC42A-----
   1 1/2  pounds        sweet/hot italian link sausage
   1 1/3  cups          green bell pepper -- 1x1/4"
   2      tablespoons   olive oil
     3/4  pound         ziti pasta -- cooked
                        parmesan cheese -- grated
                        parsley bouquets
   5      cups          marinara sauce
  28      ounces        canned tomatoes-italian style or plum
  10 3/4  ounces        tomato puree
   1      teaspoon      garlic -- minced
   4      tablespoons   olive oil
     1/2  cup           fresh basil -- packed -- chopped
                        salt and pepper

Preparation:

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.