Pasta With Italian Sausage

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Ingredients

1 pound Italian Sausage, casings

Removed

1 cup Onion, chopped

1 cup Green Pepper, chopped

2 Cloves Garlic, minced

1/4 cup Fresh Basil, chopped, or

1/4 teaspoon Fennel Seed, crushed

1 tablespoon Olive Oil

1 cup Tomato-Based Pasta Sauce

1/2 cup Red Zinfandel

12 ounces Pasta (your favourite)

1/4 cup Italian Parsley, chopped

1 tablespoon Olive Oil

1/2 cup Parmesean Cheese, grated

Preparation

Crumble sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until meat is well browned. Drain and set aside. In same skillet, cook onion, pepper, garlic, basil and fennel in 1 tb olive oil over medium heat, stirring often to scrape up browned bits from the bottom of pan. Cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

Add sausage, pasta sauce, and wine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. While sauce is cooking, in a large pot of boiling water cook pasta until al dente. Drain well.

On a large warm serving platter, combine parsley and 1 tb olive oil & fresh basil. Add pasta and toss to mix. Pour sauce over pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesean cheese.