Sausage and Peppers with a Tomato Cream Sauce over Pappardelle
May 7, 2009
I have been craving and wanting to prepare a pasta dish that has sausage, vibrant red and yellow bell peppers, with a light cream sauce. It just sounded so tasty!! Not quite sure about my sauce, I conferred with my friend Joy (from my Yoga class). Joy is a great cook and we have fun sharing different ideas and recipes with one another. She suggested her basic tomato sauce, in which I added a small amount of cream that completed my light cream sauce. Now, I have to say this recipe of sausage and peppers with a tomato cream sauce over pappardelle was indeed tasty! I picked the Pappardelle pasta, (usually served with a very rich thick sauce) because I like it’s broad ribbon shape, but mainly because of my craving for pasta. Any pasta will do. Please enjoy!
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- 4 sweet italian sauges
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 bell pepper each, red and yellow, thinly sliced
- 1 small red onion cut in half and sliced
- 3 garlic cloves chopped fine
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1-28 oz. can chopped tomatoes (use a good quality), I like Muir Glen
- One good size pinch of sugar
- ¼ cup cream
- 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Fresh italian parsley chopped
Cut your sausage in half, and then slice into ½ coins. Heat a large skillet with 2 tbsp. olive oil, and sauté sausage until nicely browned, set aside. Heat the remaining 2 tbsp. olive oil, sauté bell pepper and red onion for 4 minutes. Add your garlic and red pepper flakes, cook until vegetables are soft. Add the can of chopped tomatoes, sugar, cream, sausage (with all the juices), and simmer on low while you cook your pasta. 
Cook your pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water. Drain and set aside in the same pot that you boiled your pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of liquid if needed for the sauce.
Pour sauce over pasta, stir in 2/3 of the cheese. Serve in pasta bows with the remaining cheese on top. Sprinkle with parsley.
Serves: 4
Total time: 45 minutes
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May 7th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
This recipe sounds really good. I’m gonna have to try it!