Olive Garden Neopolitan Ziti

-WALDINE VAN GEFFEN -VGHC42A----- 1 1/2 lb Sweet/hot Italian link

Sausage 1 1/3 c Green bell pepper -- 1x1/4"

2 tb Olive oil

3/4 lb Ziti pasta -- cooked

Parmesan cheese -- grated Parsley bouquets 5 c Marinara sauce

28 oz Canned tomatoes-Italian

Style or plum 10 3/4 oz Tomato puree

1 ts Garlic -- minced

4 tb Olive oil

1/2 c Fresh basil -- packed,

Chopped Salt and pepper Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool. Halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into 1/2" slices. Saute 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 oiil and fresh basil and bring to a light simmer on moderate heat. Add the sauteed 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. Source: The Olive Garden. Recipe By :