Spicy Sausage Pasta
During the week, after a long work day, there’s two things that will really annoy me. Number 1 - having to cook a super complicated dinner that takes hours to make while I’m starving and number 2 (probably even worse than number 1) is ordering out for dinner and the food sucks, lol.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- 1 Mr. Make It Happen Chef Knife or preferred Kitchen Knife
- 1 Mr. Make It Happen Skillet or preferred Skillet
- 2-3 Small-Medium Mixing Bowls
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1 lb spaghettini or fettucine
Protein
- 1 lb hot Italian sausage
Produce
- 1 diced onion
- 2 cups spinach
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- Diced parsley for garnish
- 1 tablespoon Italian herb paste
Seasoning
- Red pepper flakes to taste
- ½ teaspoon Chicken bouillon powder
- AP Seasoning to taste All-Purpose Seasoning
Wet Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon truffle oil
- 2 tbsps tomato paste
- ½ cup Chardonnay
Dairy
- ½ cup Parmesan
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- You can always swap out the protein here for whatever might be in the fridge (sweet Italian sausage, ground beef, ground turkey, etc)
- First start off prepping with dicing your garlic and onion. (If you don't have fresh garlic, you can use the jarred stuff or garlic paste).
- Next, brown the sausage. When browning your sausage (or any ground meat for that matter) it’s important to ensure the protein is making maximum surface area contact with the skillet.
- Once the sausage is browned, add in the onions, garlic, tomato paste, truffle oil, Italian herb paste or seasoning, and season to taste.
- Next, add the spinach and cover with a lid until the spinach wilts down. Mix to combine and then deglaze with dry white wine or chicken broth.
- Next, add in the cream and slowly combine parmesan cheese.
- Allow this to simmer a bit and reduce/thicken up.
- Season to taste and then add your cooked pasta (that you boiled in salted water of course!).
- Allow the pasta to finish cooking in the sauced then plate this up with more parmesan cheese and diced parsley.
Nutrition
Calories: 1122kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 63g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23g | Cholesterol: 162mg | Sodium: 1190mg | Potassium: 859mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2523IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 283mg | Iron: 4mg
