Sausage and Roasted Pepper Pasta

Name: Sausage and Roasted Pepper Pasta
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams medium bell peppers (about; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 340 grams hot turkey Italian sausage; 28 grams 1/4 cup grated fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; 227 grams uncooked penne pasta; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps tomato paste

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Sausage and Roasted Pepper Pastan a try. One portion of this dish contains around 25g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 432 calories. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up bell peppers, salt, penne pasta, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat broiler.

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Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes.

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Bell Pepper

Seeds

Place pepper halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet; flatten with hand. Broil 10 minutes or until thoroughly blackened.

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Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Place bell peppers in a zip-top plastic bag; seal.

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Bell Pepper

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Let stand 15 minutes. Peel; discard skins. Chop and set aside.

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.

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Pasta

Salt

Drain in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid; keep warm.

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Bowl

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Frying Pan

Remove casings from sausage.

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Sausage

Add sausage to pan, and cook 8 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.

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Sausage

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Frying Pan

Add bell peppers to pan. Move sausage mixture to outside edges of pan, leaving an open space in center.

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Bell Pepper

Sausage

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Frying Pan

Add tomato paste to open space in pan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir tomato paste into sausage mixture. Stir in pasta and reserved cooking liquid; cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in black pepper and salt.

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Black Pepper

Tomato Paste