Acadian Rigatoni
From mountainmama 15 years ago
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil shopping list
- 1 pound andouille or other spicy sausage such as hot Italian, casings removed, sausage cut into 1-inch pieces shopping list
- 1 onion, chopped shopping list
- 2 ribs celery, chopped shopping list
- 1 large green bell pepper, chopped shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups canned crushed tomatoes in thick puree (one 16-oz can) shopping list
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper shopping list
- 3/4 pound rigatoni shopping list
How to make it
- In a large frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Stir in the onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic. Cover the pan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes, salt, and black pepper. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes longer.
- In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the rigatoni until just done, about 14 minutes. Drain and toss the pasta with the sauce.
- Variation:
- Creamy Acadian Rigatoni:
- For a creamy version of this dish, use 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste, 1 cup of cream, and an additional 1/2 teaspoon of salt in place of the canned tomatoes in puree. This variation, while more luxurious, is actually a little quicker.
- Substitutions:
- If neither andouille nor hot Italian sausage is available, use a mild sausage and add 1/4 teaspoon of dried red-pepper flakes with the tomatoes and salt.
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