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baked pasta with sausage and peppers
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Baked Pasta with Sausage and Peppers

A delicious homemade version of sausage and pepper penne with lots of meat and veggies in a cheesy sauce
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course, Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: baked pasta, baked pasta with sausage, how to make a baked pasta, how to make sausage and pepper pasta, sausage and pepper pasta, sausage and pepper penne
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ medium onion, chopped
  • 2 hot or mild Italian sausages
  • 2 large garlic cloves, minced
  • 8 mushrooms, sliced or chopped
  • 1 cup red, yellow or orange pepper about 1 regular pepper
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 handful fresh basil optional
  • 1 large tomato
  • 2 cups pasta sauce something fairly plain like marinara or sweet basil
  • 2 cups dry small pasta like fusilli or penne
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste only if necessary

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in large wide skillet. Finely chop onion and saute to soften.
  • Squeeze sausage from casings into pan and cook for about 5 minutes, breaking up lumps into smaller bites.
  • Finely mince garlic, slice mushrooms and chop pepper. Add to pan and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Chop and seed tomato and add to pan. Add basil and oregano. Simmer for about 5 minutes until tomato is softening.
  • Meanwhile, bring large pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta for 1 minute less than directions on package. Drain, reserving some pasta water. Add pasta to pan along with pasta sauce and stir well. Add a few ladles of pasta cooking water to the mixture along with fresh basil if using.
  • Shred cheeses and add about 1/3 of each cheese to the pasta mixture and combine. Pour into large shallow baking dish. Top with remaining cheeses.
  • Bake at 350 degrees in the centre of the oven for about 30 minutes until the top is browning slightly and bubbling.