Pink Sauce With Sausage and Pine Nuts over Penne

Step 1

In a large deep fry/saute pan, add 1/4 cup water and sausage.

Step 2

Cook till just cooked through.

Step 3

Water will start to evaporate.

Step 4

When cooked through, remove from pan one at a time and cut into bite sized pieces.

Step 5

Return sausage to pan to brown them.

Step 6

When sausage AND pan are brown, move sausage to paper towels and set aside.

Step 7

Add 1/4 cup more water to pan and stir up all the brown.

Step 8

Simmer sauce on low from now on.

Step 9

While doing that, in a small saute pan, heat oil and saute garlic for about 3 minutes, add to browned water.

Step 10

Add also sausage, wine, tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper.

Step 11

While this is simmering roast the peppers: Pre heat oven to BROIL.

Step 12

Cut each pepper in half longways, scoop out middle, place on olive oil coated cookie sheet face down and brush skins with olive oil.

Step 13

Broil for 10 minutes or until skin is black.

Step 14

Remove, cool, peel skin, chop them up.

Step 15

Add peppers to sauce.

Step 16

Start boiling water for Penne.

Step 17

Chop up sun dried tomatoes and add to sauce.

Step 18

Now start chopping basil.

Step 19

I find it easiest to use kitchen shears.

Step 20

Set basil aside.

Step 21

Toast pine nuts: In a small DRY fry pan, add pine nuts, toast on medium heat till browned.

Step 22

Remove from pan, put in small bowl for serving.

Step 23

Add Penne to water, hopefully it is boiling now.

Step 24

5 minutes after adding Penne to water, add basil and cream to sauce, stirring constantly.

Step 25

Heat only for 5 more minutes.

Step 26

Penne and sauce will be done at the same time.

Step 27

Spoon sauce& sausage over Penne and sprinkle pine nuts on top.

Step 28

Serve with garlic bread and salad.