Sausage And Mostaccioli With Rich Cream Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces mostaccioli pasta or 8 ounces rotini pasta
• 12 ounces bulk sweet italian sausage
• 2 cups sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms or 2 cups button mushrooms
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to package directions, preferably al dente (firm to the bite); keep warm.
• 2 for sauce, in a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic until sausage is brown. drain fat.
• 3 stir whipping cream and basil into sausage mixture; season with salt and pepper. cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. remove from heat. stir in parmesan cheese.
• 4 spoon the sausage mixture over pasta.