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Olive Garden Sausage & Peppers Rustica - Recipe

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.
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Olive Garden Sausage & Peppers Rustica Recipe
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.

Sauté 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.

 
 
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