Categories: Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 lb sweet and/or hot Italian sausage (castings removed and crumbled)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 lg green or colored peppers, sliced
- 1 jumbo onion, sliced
- 1 lbs sliced white mushrooms
- 1 can (28 oz) whole tomatoes in puree
- 1 can (15 oz) tomato puree
- salt
- 1 lb ziti or penne pasta
- 1 pkg (8 oz) shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Romano cheese
Directions
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Cook sausage and transfer to medium bowl. In sausage pan, cook garlic, peppers, onions and mushrooms for about 10 minutes, covered. Uncover and cook for another 8 mins. Stir in tomatoes and puree, salt. Heat to boiling and break tomatoes. Reduce heat to med-low, cover and cook sauce 10 mins. Cook pasta according to package but 2 mins less. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drain pasta but reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. Mix pasta, reserved water, and tomatoes. Add mozzarella and stir. Place in one 9×13 or two 9×9 pans. Bake for 20-25 mins in oven.