Steelers Game Day Sausage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion, sliced
1 large green bell pepper, sliced
1 large red bell pepper, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
1 teaspoon garlic powder (or to taste)
2 (28 ounce) cans Italian plum tomatoes
fresh whole basil
1 - 1 1/2 lb hot sausage (ring)
provolone cheese (optional) or mozzarella cheese (optional)

Preparation

In large skillet, saute sliced onions and peppers in olive oil until transparent.
Add salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.
Chop and blend in a blender, 2 cans of the plum tomatoes, one can at a time.
Add whole basil to the sauce.
Stir blended tomatoes into skillet of peppers and onions.
Prepare sausage \"ring\" by poking holes in sausage with a fork.
Boil sausage \"ring\" in a large pot of water for approximately 10 minutes.
Drain and cut the sausage into 4-inch pieces.
Brown the sausage pieces lightly in a frying pan, then add to the sauce.
Cook on medium to low heat for about an hour until the sauce acquires a good taste.
For a sweeter taste, you may add sugar to the sauce.
You can also add provolone or mozzarella cheese - melted of course - to top off your sandwich on sausage rolls.