Penne With Cabbage, And Italian Sausage In Marinara Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and mashed
• 1 lb italian sausage, removed from casings
• 1 lb savoy cabbage, cooked and chopped into bite-size pieces
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 3 cups marinara sauce
• 1 lb penne
• freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and garlic in a large sauté pan over medium heat.
• 2 add crumbled sausage, and sauté until meat is cooked.
• 3 add cooked cabbage pieces and salt and pepper to taste, and sauté for an additional 2 minutes.
• 4 stir in marinara sauce, and cook for 5 minutes, until flavors have blended.
• 5 meanwhile, cook penne in a large, deep pot in rapidly boiling salted water until al dente.
• 6 drain pasta, and return it to the pot with 1/2 cup of sauce.
• 7 stir for one minute over high heat, then place sauced pasta on serving platter and pour remaining sauce on top.
• 8 sprinkle top with parmesan cheese and serve.