Thursday, November 4, 2010

Thursday's Eats ~ Penne Pasta with Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage


This is a yummy, comfort food recipe that I've had for a couple of years. I modified it somewhat, so here is the refurbished version.  I hope you enjoy :)

Pasta with Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage

3 TBSP oil 
1/2 cup sweet onion, peeled and chopped 
5 sweet italian chicken sausages, meat removed from casings and diced (chicken doesn't really crumble)  
2 TBSP chopped fresh rosemary leaves 
1 bay leaf 
1 tsp red pepper flakes (this was a bit too much, it was a little spicy.  Next time I will probably do 1/2 tsp. Just add to taste)
3 (14 oz cans) diced tomatoes, drained 
1 lb penne pasta, uncooked 
1 c half and half (the recipe called for heavy cream, so I lightened it up some)  
1 1/2 c freshly grated Parmesan cheese 
salt and pepper to taste  

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium high heat; add the onions and saute until light brown. Add the sausage, rosemary, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes. Continue to cook for 20 minutes or until the sausage is brown and the onions are cooked. 

While the sausage mixture is cooking, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente; drain thoroughly and set aside.

Add the tomatoes to the sausage mixture, stir, and return to a boil. Remove from the heat. Remove the bay leaf and discard.  Stir the cream into the sauce along with the drained pasta and half the Parmesan cheese. Season and serve with the remaining Parmesan cheese.  

Serves 6


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5 comments:

  1. YUM. I should add these ingredients to my grocery list this week.

    So, I tagged you again in a game of tag blog post. You don't have to participate - it's just a good way to get ppl to link back to you. And rather mindless, so, why not?

    Link: http://ladaisi.blogspot.com/2010/11/tag-anyone.html

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  2. This looks delicious! Pasta is always so good. I'm interested in trying the chicken sausage. I've never tried that before. How do you like it?

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  3. That looks really tasty to me! I'm a huge pasta fan... :)

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  4. I'm excited to try this recipe out. I've never heard of chicken sausage, butI love anything that has pasta in it. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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