Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce and Sausage

Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Pasta 9

When Kara first suggested we make a red pepper pasta sauce I envisioned a tomato sauce with red pepper flakes. Sometimes I just don’t think out of the box. Like at all. I actually like red peppers but a red sauce without tomatoes? Say what?!?

I decided to go with the flow, because let’s face it…Kara has better judgment than I do. Lo and behold this was one of the best pastas I’ve ever had. So good that I had a helping for breakfast the next morning. So good that I added it to my list of top 5 favorite pasta sauces. Now that’s HUGE statement.

The sauce was mildly sweet but paired with the savory sausage and the onions and cheese…it was just pure deliciousness.

Here's what you'll need

Here’s what you’ll need

Place the sausage and onions in a baking dish and pop in oven

Place the sausage and onions in a baking dish, bake 1 hour

On a baking sheet, lay the red peppers insides facing up

On a baking sheet, lay the red peppers insides facing up. Bake 30 minutes

Use a food processor to combine pepper, basil, pine nuts, salt, pepper and olive oil

Use a food processor to combine peppers, basil, walnuts and garlic. Taste and season with s & p

Cut the sausage into bite size pieces

Cut the sausage into bite size pieces

Process the peppers, basil, garlic and walnuts. Season with salt and pepper

Add the red pepper sauce to the cooked pasta. Pour in enough reserved pasta water to loosen up the sauce

Add in the sausage and onions too

Add in the sausage and onions too

Finally add the cheese and toss everything together

Finally add the shredded cheese. Toss everything together

This stuff's AMAZING!

This stuff’s AMAZING!

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