Gem Electric Neon Pasta

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb uncooked penne pasta
• 1 1/4 lbs raw italian link lamb sausage (i used hot but use sweet if you prefer)
• 1/2 lb asiago cheese, shreaded
• 1 cup sweet corn (fresh or frozen)
• 2 cups large diced pumpkin or 2 cups winter squash (fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup large diced red sweet bell pepper (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup large diced green bell pepper (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup large diced yellow bell pepper (fresh or frozen)
• 1/4 cup onion, diced (fresh or frozen)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• oil (for frying)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 place sausage in large covered fry pan/ skillet.
• 2 fill with water so that water goes half way up the sides of the sausage.
• 3 bring to boiling point cover and reduce to simmer.
• 4 cook sausage until done, about 30 to 45 minutes depending on thickness of sausage.
• 5 watch carefully and add water as needed.
• 6 water tends to evaporate and leave grease from sausage behind.
• 7 this is ok if you catch it during the last few minutes of cooking.
• 8 (if you have melted grease left behind from the cooking sausage reserve it for the end of the recipe) just be careful you don't burn it.
• 9 dice the cooked sausage and set aside.
• 10 cook pasta to desired tenderness per package directions.
• 11 place cooked pasta in a very large past bowl and toss with the diced sausage.
• 12 in large frying pan/ skillet add a small amount of oil about 1/4 cup.
• 13 fry the corn, pumpkin, and peppers until just tender.
• 14 don't over cook or veggies will loose their bright colors.
• 15 add garlic the last few minutes of frying veggies.
• 16 garlic fries quickly and you don't want it to burn.
• 17 season with salt to taste.
• 18 when veggies and garlic are done, turn heat down low and add the can of evaporated milk and the asiago cheese to the veggies.
• 19 cook stirring constantly just until the asiago cheese melts.
• 20 if you have any grease reserved from cooking the sausage add it now.
• 21 if you used hot sausage, the reserved grease will have an orange tint and add color as well as flavor!
• 22 don't worry if the sauce looks a little curdled, it will look fine once it's on the pasta.
• 23 as soon as cheese is melted in the milk and veggie mixture, immediately pour it over the pasta& sausage mixture and toss to coat well.
• 24 serve immediately while nice and warm.