Olive Garden Sausage & Peppers Rustica
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet and hot mixed Italian Sausage Links
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 each red, orange and yellow peppers, seeded & cut into 1
- SALSA MARINARA
- 1 can Italian-style or plum tomatoes, including liquid
- 1 can tomato puree
- 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup basil, fresh, chopped finely, firmly packed
- 3/4 pound ziti pasta
- parsley
- grated Parmesan cheese, grated
- salt and pepper, to taste

A delicious sausage and pepper dish served with home made salsa marinara sauce over ziti pasta.
My husband quit going to Olive Garden because they took this recipe off there menu.

Directions

Bake or pan-fry sausage until fully cooked. Drain.

Cut sausages half lengthwise; then
cut into 1/2" slices. Result will be semi-circles of sausage.

SautÃ© pepper slices in olive
oil until their crispness is lost, but not soft.

For Salsa Marinara (5 cups):
Do not
puree the tomatoes, just break them up.

Combine tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil
and fresh basil in sauce pan. Bring to a light simmer.

Cook pasta. Drain and transfer to
four warmed plates. Top with sausage, peppers and salsa marinara.

Garnish each plate with
parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.