Penne With Italian Sausage And Roasted Red Peppers Recipes

PENNE WITH PEPPERS AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium-high heat. Add green bell peppers, onion, mushrooms, and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until almost tender, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Place turkey sausage in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir, breaking sausage up with a wooden spoon, until browned and crumbly, about 6 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper, and oregano; stir in tomatoes. Simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Place penne in a serving bowl; top with sausage mixture and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

SAUSAGE AND PEPPER PENNE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir sausage, onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and mushrooms until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, minced garlic, garlic powder, oregano, basil, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes into vegetable mixture; bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Drain pasta and spoon onto plates and top with sauce mixture.

BAKED PENNE WITH SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F, with rack on upper middle position.
• In a large heavy pot, cook sausage and onions over medium high heat. Stir and cook about 5 minutes, or just until browned and cooked through. Add sliced peppers, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in red pasta sauce and garlic powder. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in cooked penne (should be just under al dente, so it won't overcook in oven.)
• Stir to coat penne well with sauce. Transfer to desired baking dish. Sprinkle with desired amount of cheese over the top.
• Bake about 5-10 minutes, or just until cheese is melted.

ZESTY PENNE, SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, crumble sausage into large skillet; cook and stir on medium heat 8 min. or until done. Drain. Add peppers; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Stir in next 3 ingredients; cook 5 min. or until heated through. Add cream cheese; cook 2 min. or until melted, stirring frequently.
• Drain pasta. Add to sausage mixture; mix lightly. Top with Parmesan.

PENNE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat olive oil, add onions, then garlic and sauté until wilted.
• Place sausage in oven on broiling pan, and heat at 400°F.
• Add spaghetti sauce to onion/garlic mixture, then stir in the tomato paste, heating slowly to a low boil, mixing well.
• Add the jalapeño, cherry peppers and celery.
• Cook at low heat until the peppers are just less than crisp, and just more than soft --
• Start the water boiling for the penne noodles; when boiling, add the penne, and cook about 7 minutes, then drain.
• Remove the sausage from the oven (40 minutes cooking) and slice thinly on the diagonal, 3/8-inch thickness, and mix with sauce, stirring well.
• Serve with grated Asiago over the penne noodles. Accompany with a truly dry Italian wine, and note how the "spiciness" turns the ashy dry taste of the wine to a sweet taste on the palate.

PENNE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND ROASTED RED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Slice Italian sausage into bite size pieces and set aside. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Saute sausage until almost fully cooked. They should be nice and browned. While sausage is cooking coursely chop tomatoes. When sausage is browned (about 10 mins) add garlic and stir for about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and salt, turn heat to med-low. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add peppers and cook for an additional 5 minutes. In a large bowl combine hot pasta and contents of frying pan. Sprinkle with cheese. Pass additional cheese at the table.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS & PENNE

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil.
• Sauté the onion, bell peppers, and fennel until the vegetables turn golden, 8-10 minutes.
• Add the garlic and sauté 1-2 minutes longer.
• Stir in the tomato, salt, and pepper.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Add the sausage; simmer covered, stirring occasionally, until the flavors are blended, about 20 minutes.
• If the sauce becomes too dry, add 1-2 tablespoons of water.
• Meanwhile, cook the penne according to directions; drain.
• Add the basil, parsley, and penne to the sausage mixture; toss to combine.