Olive Garden Neapolitan Ziti


Course : Italian
Serves: 4
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Ingredients:


1 1/2 pounds sweet/hot Italian link sausage

1 1/3 cups green bell pepper -- 1x1/4 inch

2 tablespoons olive oil

3/4 pound ziti pasta -- cooked

1 Cup parmesan cheese -- grated

1 bunch 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

1 teaspoon salt and pepper
 

Preparation / Directions:


Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool. Halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into 1/2" 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 sauce pan add the tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil and fresh basil and bring to a light simmer on moderate heat. Add the saut‚ed 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. Source: The Olive Garden.


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