Ingredients
- 3/4 cavatelli
- 3/4 ricotta
- 475 ml quick tomato sauce
- 190 gr italian sausage (hot)
- 120 ml reserved juice from (canned)
- 16 ml olive oil
- 4 gr basil (fresh)
PREPARATION: For The Sauce, make the Quick Tomato Sauce. Remove casing from sausage. Heat olive oil in large frying pan over medium heat; saute sausage, breaking into small pieces, until color turns pale and sausage is just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Add the Quick Tomato Sauce, basil, and tomato juice; simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 5 minutes. Sauce can be made 1 day ahead. COOKING AND SERVING: Cook the pasta in 4 litre boiling, salted water until just tender, about 8 minutes. Drain well. Reheat the sauce. Toss the pasta with sauce. Serve on warmed serving dishes. Garnish each serving with 3 tablespoons ricotta. Makes 4 servings. [COOKS; May/Jun 1988]