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Ingredients
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 Cups finely chopped yellow onions
4 Cloves garlic finely chopped
2 green bell peppers diced
2 yellow bell peppers diced
2 Pounds turkey sausage links
1 Cup white wine
28 Ounces canned Italian plum tomatoes
2 Teaspoons dried oregano
or 1 Tbs. fresh oregano
1/4 Teaspoon black pepper
1/4 Teaspoon crushed dried red pepper flakes
2 Pounds rigatoni
1 Pound asparagus
Directions
Heat olive oil in medium-size saucepan. saute. onions and garlic until onions are transparent and garlic is slightly browned. Add red and yellow peppers and saute for about 5 minutes, or until peppers begin to soften. Set aside. In a large, heavy - bottomed pot, brown sausages, one pound at a time, cooking each batch approximately 20 minutes. Remove from pot, drain on paper towel, and cut into 1 /4-inch slices. Remove all but 1 Tbs. of fat from pot and, over medium he at, stir in white wine, mixing well with scrapings from bottom of the pot. Add onion, garlic and pepper mixture. Stir in plum tomatoes, oregano, black pepper, crushed red-pepper flakes and sausage slices. Simmer uncovered for 25 minutes. Boil water for rigatoni and begin cooking it. In the last 8 minutes of the coo king time for the sauce, add asparagus and continue to simmer 8 minutes, or until asparagus is tender. Drain rigatoni and serve with sauce.
