Baked Ziti with Sausage and Peppers

Name: Baked Ziti with Sausage and Peppers
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 (28-ounce) can, whole tomatoes; 1 pound, sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 6 medium, garlic cloves, minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 2 tablespoons); 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 1/2 cups, water; 8 ounces (2 1/2 cups), ziti; 1 , red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; , Salt and ground black pepper; 1/3 cup, heavy cream; 1 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (1/2 cup); 1/4 cup, chopped fresh basil leaves; 6 ounces, mozzarella cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups)

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SERVES4

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For pronounced meaty flavor, we rendered some crumbled sweet Italian sausage in the skillet we used to build our Baked Ziti recipe’s sauce. We then added whole canned tomatoes that we’d processed in a food processor and simmered the sauce t...

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