Italian Sausage and Peppers

Sam #3's Note:

Taken from an Easy Home Cooking Magazine Dec 2005.

• Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 cups bell peppers , chunks
• 1 onion , cut into thin wedges
• 3 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 lb Italian sausage , cut into 1in thick slices
• 1 cup prepared marinara sauce
• ¼ cup red wine
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 cups cooked pasta
• ¼ cup parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Coat slow cooker with cooking spray.
2. Place bell peppers, onion and garlic on bottom.
3. Arrange sausage over vegetables.
4. Combine marinara sauce and wine, pour over all.
5. Cover and cook 8 hrs on low heat or 4 hrs on high.

Reviews

[FLKeysJen]

Very tasty! My crockpot seems to have turbo power so this was done in one hour on high even though I hadn't pre-cooked the sausage. Since there weren't instructions, I stirred the cornstarch at the end, to thicken the sauce, and then added the pasta to the crockpot. I used the parmesan as a garnish.

[Sweet Baboo]

What a delicious and dead easy meal this is! I removed the sausage meat from the casings and made little meatballs which I fried first, then proceeded with the recipe as written. Since I wasn't sure when to add the cornstarch, I omitted it, which worked well for me since I added the sauce to the cooked pasta in the pot, and any extra liquid was absorbed by the pasta. I will certainly make this again.

[2Bleu]

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I used our own 2bleu's 2 Minute 2 Easy Pizza Sauce for the marinara sauce and omitted the pasta and cheese as we have sausage and peppers often 'as is' without pasta. I love the technique of slow cooking it with wine, it really mixes well with the flavors of the peppers and sausage (I used a mix of green and red bell peppers). Since I pre-cooked my sausage, I slow cooked this dish for one hour and it was perfect.