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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a nonstick 10-inch saucepan.
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Add crushed garlic and saute until just soft, about 1 minute.
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Add crushed red pepper flakes and saute for 1 more minute.
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Add the plum tomatoes and simmer over medium heat until thick.
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Remove from heat and add basil (adding the basil after the cooking will keep the basil flavor fresh).
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Remove casings from sausage and discard.
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Cook sausage over medium-high heat in a nonstick 10-inch saute pan, stirring to break the sausage into small pieces.
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Continue to saute until completely cooked through, about 1 1/2 minutes.
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Drain and discard any grease and liquid remaining in the pan.
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In a medium bowl, mix sausage, bacon and mozzarella until well blended.
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Add 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce and stir to blend.
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Divide the filling into 4 portions.
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Spread 1 sheet phyllo dough on a clean work surface.
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Spray once lightly with the olive oil cooking spray and then lightly sprinkle with salt and dried Italian seasoning.
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Top with another sheet of dough.
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Repeat the spray, seasoning, and layering process 2 more times for a total of 3 sheets.
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Place 1/4 of sausage mixture (1 portion) onto the lower left hand corner of the prepared sheets.
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From the lower left corner, fold that corner over to form a triangle and gently press the top sheet to form an outline around the sausage mixture.
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There will be a 1/2-inch boarder left at the top.
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Take that 1/2-inch boarder and fold it back towards yourself.
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Then take the upper left corner and fold the entire sausage packet to the right, which should cause the entire sausage package to be encased in the phyllo.
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The lower right side will still need to be incorporated.
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To complete, fold the sausage packet over the remaining phyllo.
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Do not crimp the edges.
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Repeat process 3 more times.
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Set a wire rack on top of a baking sheet and then spray the rack lightly once with the olive oil cooking spray.
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Place the triangular packets on the wire rack.
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With a paring knife, make a single 1/2-inch slit in the top of each of the packets.
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Lightly spray each packet once with olive oil cooking spray.
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Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
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Let set for 5 minutes and serve with the remaining warm tomato sauce.
