Penne With Italian Sausage

  1. 1.
  2. Preheat oven to 350*F. (175*C).
  3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
  4. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
  5. 2.
  6. Heat oil in a large, deep skillet.
  7. Place sausage and onion in the skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
  8. Drain excess fat.
  9. Pour in wine, and cook for 1 minute, stirring, to deglaze the pan.
  10. Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and tomato paste.
  11. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  12. Toss with cooked pasta, and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  13. Sprinkle top with mozzarella.
  14. 3.
  15. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
  16. My Note: The only thing is I couldn't find Italian sausage at my local grocery store that was not already in a sausage casing.
  17. I bought it anyway and squeezed the sausage out.
  18. It worked well but I also used hot sausage which I think added some flavor.
  19. Considering the recipe doesn't call for any spices I think the spicyness enhanced the flavor.
  20. Another thing I found was cooking the pasta to al dente was still too long and by the time it was baked in the oven it came out softer than I wanted it.
  21. Next time I'll only cook the penne about 5 minutes in boiling water or I'll immediately submerge it in cold water to the cooking.
  22. Other than that the recipe is a keeper and I'll be making it again and again.
  23. I took this recipe, and play with it as such: It's fine to deglaze with the wine, but cook the sauce in a different skillet.
  24. When starting the sauce, use a bit of olive oil, and take some shallots, minced onion, or shaved red onion, and simmer it in the oil.
  25. Add a bit of minced garlic.
  26. Take some basil leaves and throw those in the oil for one minute, and then add the tomatoes, etc.
  27. The flavor will be MUCH more substantial.
  28. I found the regular recipe to be a nice family dinner recipe, but not much more (in case you want to impress).
  29. LOVED THIS!
  30. BUT, I changed it a tad more, I used a smaller can of tomato sauce and used a jar of garden style spaghetti sauce (which has green peppers and mushrooms) instead of the tomatoes and tomato paste.
  31. I liked subtle taste of wine in the pasta bake.
  32. My family just gobbled this up.
  33. Cant wait to make this for a Pot luck!

penne pasta, olive oil, italian sausage, onion, white wine, tomato sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, mozzarella cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/penne-with-italian-sausage-510267 (may not work)

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