A pasta dish featuring rigatoni with pizza-inspired flavors, like mozzarella, pepperoni, and pizza sauce. A fun crossover of pizza and pasta.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package rigatoni
  • pasta
  • 2 pounds italian sausage
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed
  • tomatoes, undrained
  • 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 3 1/2 ounces sliced pepperoni
  • sausage
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • 1/2 pound diced pepperoni
  • salt and ground black pepper to
  • taste

Directions

  1. Cook rigatoni pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al
  2. dente. Drain well. Set aside.
  3. In a large skillet, fry sausage until cooked through but not brown.
  4. Add chopped onions and minced garlic. Stir and cook until soft.
  5. Add sliced mushrooms and cook about 5 minutes. Add chopped
  6. green pepper and cook slowly until soft. Drain off any excess fat.
  7. Stir in tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, fresh basil and pepperoni.
  8. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add cooked rigatoni noodles.
  9. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  10. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has
  11. been cooked off.