Neopolitan Ziti

• 1 1/2 pounds hot italian sausages
• 113 cups green bell peppers
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 pound pasta, ziti cooked
• 1 x parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated grated
• 1 x parsley leaves
• 5 cups marinara sauce
• 28 ounces italian plum (roma) tomatoes canned
• 10 3/4 ounces tomato puree (passata)
• 1 teaspoon garlic minced
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup basil fresh, packed, chopped

1. Bake or pan-fry the sausages until fully cooked, drain, cool.
2. Halve the sausages and cut the split sausages into 1/2 inch slices.
3. Saute the bell peppers in olive oil over moderate heat only until their crispness is loss, but peppers are not soft.
4. 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.
5. Add the sauteed pepper strips and cooked sausage and heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
6. Serve the pasta, topped with the sausage, peppers and salsa marinara and garnish each plate with a parsley bouquet.
7. Pass the parmesan.

green bell peppers, olive oil, pasta, parmesan, parsley, marinara sauce, italian plum, tomato puree, garlic, olive oil, basil

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/neopolitan-ziti-40251 (may not work)