Sausage And Pasta Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb linguine
• 1 lb hot italian sausage
• 2 medium sweet onions, halved and sliced
• 8 roma tomatoes, sliced to 1/8 inch half moons
• 4 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 bell pepper, sliced
• 8 ounces mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 1 (15 ounce) container low-fat ricotta cheese
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons italian seasoning mix
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 skin and brown the sausage, remove the excess fat from the pan, add the onions and saute until clear.
• 2 add the tomatoes, garlic and peppers and saute a few minutes to blend the flavors.
• 3 add the mushrooms, cover the pan and remove from the heat.
• 4 put the linguini on to boil.
• 5 in a large bowl, mix the beaten eggs, ricotta, salt and seasoning.
• 6 when the pasta is just shy of cooked, drain and put it in a large bowl and add all the cooked ingredients and mix well.
• 7 lightly oil or spray a large spring-form pan.
• 8 pour the mixture into the pan and cover with mozzarella slices.
• 9 bake in a pre-heated, 325 oven to an internal temp is 140 or until the topping is golden brown.
• 10 remove from the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• 11 remove the pan sides and slice into wedges to serve.