Cavatelli with Spicy Tomato-Sausage Sauce
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Ingredients
2 | cups |
tomato sauce
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|
12 | ounces |
hot italian sausages
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1 | tablespoon |
olive oil
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½ | cup |
juice
reserved from canned tomatoes, (or water) |
* |
2 | tablespoons |
basil
chopped, (1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil) |
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¾ | pound |
cavatelli
or penne |
* |
¾ | cup |
ricotta cheese
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Directions
Preparation: Remove casing from sausage.
Heat olive oil in large frying pan over medium heat; sauté sausage, breaking into small pieces, until color turns pale and sausage is just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Add the tomato sauce, basil, and tomato juice; simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 5 minutes.
Sauce can be made 1 day ahead.
Cooking and Serving: Cook the pasta in 4 quarts boiling, salted water until just tender, about 8 minutes.
Drain well. Reheat the sauce.
Toss the pasta with sauce.
Serve on warmed serving dishes.
Garnish each serving with 3 tablespoons ricotta.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 235g (8.3 oz)