Olive Garden Neapolitan Ziti 

Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound sweet/hot Italian link sausage 1 1/3 cup green bell pepper -- 1 x 1/4" 2 tablespoons olive oil 3/4 pound ziti pasta -- cooked parmesan cheese -- grated parsley bouquets 5 cups marinara sauce 28 ounces canned tomatoes -- Italian style or plum 10 3/4 ounces tomato puree 1 teaspoon garlic -- minced 4 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup fresh basil -- packed, chopped salt and pepper Directions: Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool. Halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into 1/2" slices. Sauté,the bell peppers in olive oil over moderate heat only until their crispness is loss, but peppers are not soft. In a heavy sauce pan add the tomatoes, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil and fresh basil and bring to a light simmer on moderate heat. Add the sauted pepper strips and cooked sausage and heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve the pasta, topped with the sausage, peppers and salsa Marinara and garnish each plate with a parsley bouquet. Pass the Parmesan.

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