Baked pasta shell with sauce

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1poundsHot and/or sweet Italian sausages
2tablespoonsButter or margarine
2largesRed onions; coarsely chopped
1bunchScallions;, sliced
cupBalsamic vinegar
½cupImported pitted black olives
4tablespoonsFresh chopped sage OR 4 tsp. dried,, divided
1poundsPenne pasta
3Eggs
1cupGrated Parmesan cheese
½cupHalf and half
½teaspoonPepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. In skillet, place sausages and ¼ cup water. Bring to simmer over medium heat; cover and cook 10 minutes. Uncover; discard liquid and cook 15 minutes, turning until cooked through. Drain on paper towels.

Heat butter in same skillet over medium heat, add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Add scallions, vinegar, olives and 2 tablespoons sage; cook 8 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare pasta as package directs. Cool slightly and toss with eggs, cheese, remaining 2 tablespoons sage,half and half and pepper. Place in greased 2-quart casserole. Bake 15-20 minutes until pasta shell is set and lightly browned. Slice sausages; add to onions and season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into pasta shell. Typed by "Essie" Ethel R. Snyder <essie49@...> Date: October 18, 1997 Recipe by: First for women magazine -- April 22, 1996 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #852 by essie49@... (Ethel R Snyder) on Oct 19, 1997