Easy Pasta Fagioli With Sausage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
4 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 large onion (chopped)
2 (16 ounce) packages sweet sausage (squeeze the meat out of the skins)
2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans (with liquid)
2 (29 ounce) cans tomato sauce
2 (29 ounce) cans water
salt & pepper (to taste)
1/4 cup basil
1 (16 ounce) box medium pasta shells (or any other type of small pasta of your liking)
parmesan cheese (optional)
crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Preparation

Saute garlic and onion in olive oil in a large frying pan.
Add sausage and chop into small pieces. When browned transfer to a large pot.
Add the two cans of tomato sauce, the beans, the water, basil, salt and pepper.
Stir and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to med low when it begins to boil and continue cooking for about 30 minutes stirring occasionally. If u want it thicker cook for about 2 hours or to your required thickness.
When done, pour over cooked pasta.
Sprinkle with parmasean cheese and if you like it a little spicy add crushed red pepper.