Sausage And Mostaccioli With Rich Cream Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces mostaccioli pasta or 8 ounces rotini pasta
12 ounces bulk sweet Italian sausage
2 cups sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms or 2 cups button mushrooms
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup diced onion
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Cook pasta according to package directions, preferably al dente (firm to the bite); keep warm.
For sauce, in a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic until sausage is brown. Drain fat.
Stir whipping cream and basil into sausage mixture; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese.
Spoon the sausage mixture over pasta.