Pork Sausage & Roasted Pepper Pasta
with Creamy Parmesan Garlic Tomato Sauce
- Wheat
- Milk
Are you the type of person who only goes to baseball games for that huge hoagie stuffed with sausage and peppers? We’re with you. This week, our chefs took the beloved dish from stadium fare to elegant weeknight dinner with a few delicious twists. First, they dropped the hoagie and replaced it with twisty cavatappi pasta. Its nooks are perfect for clinging to silky roasted garlic tomato sauce studded with crispy bits of sausage. Bell pepper is roasted to bring out depth and sweetness, then thinly sliced and stirred in. Plus, there’s cheese both in the sauce and sprinkled on top. It’s safe to say this dish knocks it out of the park.
Ingredients
1 unit
Bell Pepper
1 unit
Chili Pepper
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage
1 clove
Garlic
6 ounce
Cavatappi Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
1.5 ounce
Tomato Paste
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
4 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Olive Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. • Halve bell pepper; remove stem and seeds. Peel garlic. Thinly slice chili. Remove sausage* from casing; discard casing.
• Drizzle each bell pepper half with oil and season with salt and pepper; place cut sides down on a lightly oiled baking sheet. • Place garlic in the center of a small piece of foil. Drizzle with oil; season with salt and pepper. Cinch into a packet and place on same sheet. • Roast on middle rack until pepper is lightly charred and garlic is softened, 20-25 minutes.
• Once water is boiling, add cavatappi to pot. Cook until al dente, 9-11 minutes. • Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water (2 cups for 4 servings), then drain.
• While pasta cooks, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over mediumhigh heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. (TIP: If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.) If desired, stir in a pinch of chili; cook until fragrant, 15 seconds. • Add tomato paste and ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water (¾ cup for 4 servings). Simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes more. Turn off heat.
• Carefully transfer roasted bell pepper and garlic to a cutting board. Thinly slice bell pepper into strips; mash garlic with a fork. • Return pan with sauce to low heat; stir in garlic. Pour in cream sauce base. TIP: Cut top off carton to open fully; transfer contents using a spoon or spatula to scrape sauce from carton sides. • Stir in bell pepper, drained cavatappi, half the Parmesan (save the rest for serving), and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings). TIP: If needed, add more reserved cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in sauce.
• Season pasta with salt and pepper and divide between bowls. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and, if desired, a pinch of remaining chili. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Apr 2026- Flavor: Many loved the rich, savory taste with roasted peppers adding sweetness, though some found it bland and added extra seasoning or Italian herbs.
- Ease of prep: Simple and quick to make, but several noted the garlic burns easily during roasting and needs less cooking time.
- Suggestions: Add more garlic cloves, extra vegetables like mushrooms or onions, and consider sautéing peppers instead of roasting to save time.
- Leftovers: Generous portions provide great leftovers for lunch the next day, though some noted it doesn't reheat as well as when fresh.
- Garlic roasting: Many experienced burnt garlic; try roasting for only 10-15 minutes or adding garlic halfway through pepper cooking time.
Reviews from our home cooks
Finally we had the Pork Sausage & Roasted Pepper Pasta with creamy parmesan garlic tomato sauce. 9.5/10 wow, yummy! With any pasta dish I feel like you get way more than the servings they say!! We have the 2 person serving plan and we both got good sized portions for our serving then have another still in the pot!! I love HF sausage mix.. it is so flavorful and delicious!! I loved the sauce with this !! I like how they had us roast the red pepper and garlic in the oven, is was a nice touch to get that pepper a slight char and good flavor with it. My only critique is that the timing for roasted the pepper and garlic is a little off because my garlic burned and I was unable to use it, regardless the dish was still delicious! Would definitely get again!!
Excellent recipe. This tomato paste + cream sauce combo makes the best pasta sauce dishes in HF. The pepper roasted well. The garlic turned crunchy, but still lent a good taste to the dish.
The roasted garlic REALLY elevated the whole dish to the next level! the sauce was much more plentiful than the image would have you believe, which was a plus for me! Definitely my favorite of the sausage pasta dishes I've tried. I will add, I omitted the chili pepper because I don't handle spice very well.
The things I liked were the roasting of peppers and garlic, the sausage was very good, the pasta was OK, the timing of the tomato paste cooking was nice (with the sausage, but still giving it time to cook alone). Very good.
Another well-deserved hall of famer here. The pork sausage with the pepper and the creamy parmesan garlic tomato sauce is a fantastic combination.
This pasta dish was easy, quick and fed us for several meals. Paired it with a salad and french bread. Loved the creamy parmesan garlic tomato sauce!
This dish is super tasty, but it's a really, really weird color. Also, you should really peel the roasted peppers. The peel is nasty. Also, this is _exactly_ the same dish as last week's chicken sausage dish, except for the pasta shape and the sausage type.
I loved this pasta dish. I roasted the garlic and pepper in my air fryer with some olive oil and added it to the past and it was amazing. I think the roasted garlic added the right punch. Will make again.
This is one of our favorites. Creamy with just a little spice and it's a pretty pretty quickly and easy recipe too. I love the chicken Italian sausage.
Very tasty - the roasted garlic and peppers in the sauce put this over the top, so good. I would suggest that it would be nice to have a veggie with this. I happened to have a zucchini in the fridge, so I sautéed that for a side, was very nice.
