Caprese Pasta In Alfredo Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 -10 roma tomatoes or 8 -10 plum tomatoes
• 20 medium fresh basil leaves, stemmed and chopped
• 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon balsamic vinaigrette
• 1 four cheese alfredo sauce
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 14 1/2 ounces rotini pasta (1 box) or 14 1/2 ounces fusilli (1 box)
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 16 ounces sweet italian sausage

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degree fahrenheit.
• 2 dice tomatoes into small pieces and transfer to a mixing bowl. add chopped garlic, salt, pepper, 1½ of chopped basil, extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette. set aside and allow to marinate for 10 minutes.
• 3 cook pasta as per box instructions.
• 4 increase oven temperature to 450 degrees fahrenheit.
• 5 combine alfredo sauce and garlic powder in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer. (season with salt and pepper as desired).
• 6 cut italian sausage into 1/2 pieces (it will look like mini meatballs) and fry until brown.
• 7 combine cooked pasta, sauce, caprese mix and fried italian sausages into a baking pan. top with mozzarella cheese to evenly cover surface.
• 8 sprinkle parmesan cheese and place in over for 5-7 minutes or until cheese is golden, crisp and bubbly.
• 9 garnish with remaining basil leaves.