Ziti

INGREDIENTS:

  • 24‐Ounces of your Favorite Marinara Sauce
  • 1‐Pound Turkey Italian Sausage
  • 1‐Pound Dried, Penne Pasta
  • 2‐Cups Chicken Broth
  • 1‐TBSP Italian Seasoning
  • Shredded Parmesan Cheese
  • Whipping Cream (to taste)
  • Instant Pot®

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Using the sauté button on your Instant Pot®, cook sausage until no pink remains.
  2. Turn off pot.
  3. Spread cooked sausage evenly over the bottom of the pot.
  4. Pour the dry pasta over the sausage.
  5. Sprinkle Italian seasoning over pasta.
  6. Pour marinara over pasta.
  7. Pour broth over marinara. DO NOT STIR!!
  8. Lock Instant Pot® lid into place. Using the manual button, set Instant Pot® to 6 minutes on High Pressure setting, bringing Instant Pot® to full pressure.
  9. When timer sounds, perform a Quick Pressure release to remove all pressure from the pot.
  10. Remove Instant Pot® lid; stir in desired amount of whipping cream to make pasta creamy, incorporating all ingredients in the pot.

Notes:
Serve pasta at once, topped with Parmesan.
(This can be refrigerated or frozen and reheated if you don’t eat it all, just add a small amount of broth when reheating).
Can this be made without an Instant Pot®? Sure, but it just takes longer.