Penne & Italian Sausage Bake

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ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage (hot or sweet)
- 1⁄8 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1 red pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 green pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
- 1 (700 ml) jar tomato sauce
- 1⁄2 cup dry red wine
- 1⁄4 cup chopped basil
- 3 cups penne
- 1⁄2 cup of pasta cooking water
- 3⁄4 lb mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
directions
- Prick sausages in several places.
- Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan set over medium high heat.
- Add sausages& cook until evenly browned- about 8 minutes.
- Remove from pan& cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
- Add onions to fat remaining in pan& saute for about 5 minutes.
- Return sausages to pan.
- Add fennel, garlic, cumin, peppers& celery; cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Drain excess fat from pan.
- Stir tomato sauce, basil& wine into sausage mixture.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat& simmer for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook penne, according to package directions until el dente (about 10 minutes).
- Drain- reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
- Combine sausage mixture, pasta & reserved cooking liquid in a 5 litre casserole dish.
- Mix well.
- Combine Mozarella& Parmesan cheese and parsley.
- Stir into the pasta mixture.
- Bake in preheated 375F oven for 30 minutes.
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A great tasting, colourful dish. I used canned tomatoes instead of tomato sauce so I didn't need to add any extra water but other than that I followed the recipe exactly. Loved the fennel and cumin, which are two things I would not normally add to pasta. For wine, I used a medium-bodied Chilean red. My one little quibble is that the pasta got a bit overcooked by the end (I'd boiled it for 9 minutes) so next time I'd try chopping a couple minutes off the boiling time to make sure it retains a firm texture.
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