Pasta With Sausage Peppers And Onions

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb rigatoni pasta
• 1 1/2 lbs mild italian sausage or 1 1/2 lbs hot italian sausage
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
• 3 cubanelle peppers, seeded and cut into strips
• 1 yellow onion, cut into slices
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 6 fresh basil leaves, shredded
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup flat-leaf italian parsley, fresh
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated fresh

Recipe

• 1 in 6 quarts of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until al dente. about 10 to 13 minutes. drain and set aside.
• 2 stir in 2 tbls of olive oil into the pasta.
• 3 in the meantime, fry the sausage in a large frying pan in 2 tbls of olive oil until the sausage cooked through and browned all over.
• 4 remove the sausage from the pan and let stand.
• 5 drain the excess oil in the frying pan.
• 6 add the peppers, onions, garlic, oregano and basil to the pan, cover and cook on medium heat until the peppers are tender and slightly browned.
• 7 cut the sausages into 1 inch pieces and add to the peppers.
• 8 increase the heat and add the wine.
• 9 cook until the wine is reduced by half.
• 10 stir in the butter and the parsley.
• 11 season with salt and pepper.
• 12 plate the pasta and spoon the sausage mixture on top.
• 13 optional: plate the pasta, pour a good quality, or homemade vodka sauce over the pasta, then top with sausages and peppers.
• 14 serve with parmesan cheese.