Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers
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Category
Dinner
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Cusine
American
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3/4 pound Italian sausage, sweet or hot
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup roasted red bell peppers, chopped
1 tablespoon capers
1/2 cup pitted black olives, halved
3-4 large fresh tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1 pound linguine or other pasta
Directions
Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil.
While the water is heating, prepare the sausage and peppers. Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium heat. Add the sausage, breaking it up into bits with your fingers as you add it to the pan or with a wooden spoon once it's in the pan.
When the sausage starts to brown, add the garlic and cook for another minute. Mix in the roasted red peppers, capers and olives. If the pasta water isn't boiling yet, remove the sauté pan from the heat.
Once the pasta water is boiling, add the pasta to the pot.
When the pasta is almost done, increase the heat to high on the sauté pan and when the sausage mixture starts to sizzle, add the chopped tomatoes and basil. Toss to combine and lower the heat to medium-low.
Drain the pasta and put it in a large bowl. Add the sausage mix to the bowl and toss to combine.