Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

• 16 ounces cavatelli pasta
• 20 ounces homemade marinara sauce or your favorite jar sauce if you so choose
• 1-ounce grated Romano
• 1-ounce butter
• 1/3-ounce fresh basil leaves
• Sweet or mild Italian sausage bulk

Directions

1. Cook pasta until al dente in a pot of boiling, salted water.
2. Heat the marinara sauce in a large saucepan.
3. Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of the sauce.
4. Set aside.
5. Cook the sausage over medium heat, stirring until sausage is broken up and fully cooked.
6. Add the cooked pasta, butter and sauce toss well.
7. Add cavetelli pasta. Top with grated romano and garnish with fresh basil.

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