Name: Pepperoni Pizza Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American, Italian, French
Ingredients: 1 lb. penne pasta; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 green pepper cleaned and sliced in half or diced fine; Note: ( I keep the peppers large to remove them after the sauce simmers, just for taste not on the pasta that's your preference dice if you like peppers on pizza.); 2 cloves garlic; 28 - ounces crushed tomatoes with 1/2 cup water (or red dry wine) added to the pot; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon Italian chopped parsley fresh or dried; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 1/2 cup of sliced or cubed stick pepperoni (save the 1/2 cup for the top of the pasta); salt and pepper to taste; 2 cups of more shredded mozzarella cheese; Garnish red hot pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons freshly chopped. basil; Pecorino Romano Cheese grated

Here is one of my favorite childhood pasta dishes called Pepperoni Pizza Pasta.

This sauce is made to taste exactly like your favorite pepperoni style pizza to top your pasta instead of pizza dough.

Although you can use your favorite bottled sauce to save time, mom always made her sauce from scratch.

The recipe truly is adaptable to making dressing your pasta with any favorite pizza toppings and the sauce can be changed to however your family prefers theirs very easily.

If your a pepperoni pizza fan try our recipe casserole for Chicken Pepperoni and Potato Casserole, mom's delicious Italian Stromboli, and our Deep Dish Chicago Style Pepperoni Pizza.

Scroll down to get this easily printable recipe with step by step instructions.

Easy Pasta Meals

Growing up we ate lots of pasta meals, and mom would get very creative.

This simple to follow pasta sauce is super easy. It's a basic sauce and can be changed instantly just by adding different ingredients.

It's a basic sauce and can be changed instantly just by adding different ingredients from my suggestions below.

We just love this pepperoni pizza style pasta and as kids all through adulthood, this remains a family favorite.

this is a dish of pepperoni pasta on a white plate and a casserole of the rest of it in the background

Other Substitutions and Sauce Additions

sauteed mushrooms
any toppings you would put on pizza, onions, anchovies, eggplant, zucchini slices, broccoli, spinach anything can be added to the sauce or on top of the pasta
bell peppers or hot peppers
tuna fish
salmon or any kind of seafood you like
cooked pork tenderloin
cooked steak
cooked lamb meat
any leftover meats like rotisserie chicken or roasted chicken breast boneless make a chicken Parmesan pasta casserole

this is pasta topped with cheese sauce and pepperoni

Pasta Suggestions

rigatoni
bowties
mostaccioli
fusilli
seashells

Tools You Will Need

pasta pot
pasta bowl
fry pan
colander
spoon
bowl
knife
cheese grater
pasta dish

Tips

cook any kind of pasta you like to package instructions and keep warm
to save time use a bottled jar sauce
make a full meat lovers pasta by adding loose sausage, pepperoni, bacon or ham
use only vine ripe tomatoes for best results
add mushrooms or other vegetables in the sauce you would use on the pizza
use any turkey pepperoni instead of regular
for a healthier version just use a low carb pasta or whole wheat

this is a le creuset pan filled with a tomato sauce and pepperoni

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this is a plate of penne paste with pepperoni tomato sauce, mozzarella sprinkled with red pepper flakes

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Everyone Love Pepperoni Pizza Pasta

If you have kids who are super picky but are big pizza fans you will hit the jackpot of recipes and this will be their new favorite.

Again refer to how you order your pizza, if you want to change this is cooked loose sausage or even vegetarian and add just eggplant, just create your own, the sauce is wonderful and will compliment whatever you add.

Enjoy and don't forget to leave me a comment if you try mom's recipe.

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American, Italian, French

Yield: 6

Author: Claudia Lamascolo