Penne Pasta With Hot Italian Sausage

Submitted by ladywisconsin

"I really love cooking and eating this recipe. It is sure to impress and satisfy."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 5-6

ingredients

• 1 lb penne pasta, cooked as directed
• 3⁄4 lb ground beef
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage
• 1 large green pepper, chopped
• 1 large red pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (28 ounce) jars pasta sauce
• 2 teaspoons basil
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 3 -4 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• 4 -5 tablespoons ricotta cheese

directions

1. Brown ground beef in large skillet, drain.
2. Cut hot italian sausages into 4-5 pieces, brown in skillet, remove.
3. Add enough butter to the pan to saute green peppers, red peppers and onion. Season with salt and pepper. Saute 5 minutes.
4. Add garlic to pepers and onions.
5. When garlic is fragrent, add ground beef, hot italian sausages, basil, oregano and pasta sauce.
6. Combine.
7. Fold in penne pasta and ricotta cheese, transfer to two greased 8x8 baking dishes.
8. Top with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
9. Bake at 400F until cheese is melted and browned.
10. Serve with garlic bread, enjoy!

Reviews

[Butterbug]

yummy I just used breakfast saugage and omitted the beef and used cottage cheese and chedder cheese instead and it was very very good I also added two stalks of celery and 1/2 green pepper and omitted the red pepper and still turned out great