Recipe

Beer Brat Pasta Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Kathye / All my dishes 1 year, 7 months ago This pasta dish is full of flavor and very filling. The guys really love this one! Recipe and photo courtesy of the National Pasta Association and was a winner in the "Great States of Pasta" Contest. Prep:10m Cook:40m Servings:6	Kathye
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Ingredients

1 lb Rigatoni or other medium pasta shape

1 lb fresh bratwurst

1/2 cup beer

1 1/2 cups low-fat cheddar cheese

2 sweet red bell peppers, seeded and coarsley chopped

4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped

1/2 cup fresh basil, julienned (do this right before tossing at the end)

1 T olive oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Mix red pepper, onions, and garlic with 1 T olive oil in a 9x13 inch baking dish and roast in oven for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally

While vegetables roast, remove casing from bratwurst, crumble meat and brown in a skillet over medium heat until they are no longer pink and well browned.

Remove bratwurst from pan and drain on paper towels.

Pour fat from skillet

Add bratwurst back to skillet and pour in the beer and simmer

Cook pasta according to package directions and drain, reserving 1/2 cup of pasta water

Remove roasted vegetables from oven

Immediately add bratwurst from skillet, add basil, pasta and 1 cup of the cheese and toss to mix thoroughly

If mixture seems a little dry add some of the pasta water to loosen it up

Spoon pasta on to serving plates, sprinkle remaining cheese over top and serve.

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