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Italian Sausage and Peppers with Rigatoni

Browned sausage with sweet peppers and onions tossed through rigatoni in a light tomato sauce.

Italian Sausage and Peppers with Rigatoni, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$7.99

Ingredients

  • 1 lb italian sausage links
  • 12 oz rigatoni
  • 2 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 15 oz canned crushed tomatoes
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 oz grated parmesan cheese

Method

  1. Boil the rigatoni in salted water and reserve a cup of the water before draining.

  2. Slice the sausages into coins. Brown them in the olive oil over medium-high, 6 minutes, then set aside.

  3. Add the sliced peppers and onion to the pan and cook 8 minutes until soft and browning at the edges.

  4. Stir in the minced garlic, red pepper flakes, and salt for 1 minute, then add the crushed tomatoes and simmer 6 minutes.

  5. Return the sausage, add the drained pasta, and toss with splashes of pasta water until the sauce coats everything.

  6. Finish with Parmesan.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£32.33£8.0810 of 10 ingredients
Canada$83.21$20.8010 of 10 ingredients
Australia$58.30$14.589 of 10 ingredients
Spain23,17 €5,79 €9 of 10 ingredients
United States$31.95$7.998 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$55.25$13.818 of 10 ingredients
Germany28,56 €7,14 €8 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 25,31€ 6,338 of 10 ingredients
Greece23,51 €5,88 €7 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٧١٩٫٤٢ ج.م.‏‏١٧٩٫٨٦ ج.م.‏7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$1,053.23*$263.316 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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