Cheesy Pork Sausage Marinara

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian cheese blend
  1 c
• Italian pork sausage mix
  1 lb
• bell pepper
  1 whole
• black pepper
  1 tsp
• ciabatta bread
  1 roll
• marinara sauce
  1 jar
• olive oil
  1 tbsp
• pesto
  2 tbsp
• salt
  1 tsp

🍳 Cookware

• oven-ready tray

1. 

   1

   Adjust oven rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Halve, core, and thinly slice bell pepper into strips. Halve ciabatta bread .

   bell pepper: 1 whole, ciabatta bread: 1 roll
2. 

   2

   In a oven-ready tray , combine Italian pork sausage mix , bell pepper, and marinara sauce . Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and black pepper . Bake on top rack until bell pepper has softened and sausage is cooked through ⏱️ 30 minutes to ⏱️ 33 minutes .

   Italian pork sausage mix: 1 lb, marinara sauce: 1 jar, olive oil: 1 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
3. 

   3

   When sausage bake has ⏱️ 5 minutes left, toast ciabatta. Spread cut sides with half the pesto ; halve on a diagonal.

   pesto: 2 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Once sausage is cooked through, evenly top sausage bake with Italian cheese blend . Return to top rack and bake until cheese melts ⏱️ 30 seconds to ⏱️ 60 seconds . Top sausage bake with as much remaining pesto as you like. Serve family style with pesto toast on the side.

   Italian cheese blend: 1 c