Farfalle With Sausage Pine Nuts Tomatoes Spinach Recipes

SWEET AND SPICY SAUSAGE AND FARFALLE

Steps:

• Finely chop the onion and garlic. Slice the ends off the sausage, and push the meat out of the casing, and loosely crumble it up.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Once the water has come to a boil, add the pasta. Cook for 7-8 minutes, until al dente. Then drain the pasta and set aside.
• As soon as you put the water on the boil, start to prepare the rest of this dish. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add the onions and sauté. After 2 minutes, add the sausage and red pepper flakes. For a mild spice add 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, or add more for extra spice.
• Brown the sausage, while using a wooden spoon to break it into small pieces.
• Once the sausage has browned, add the garlic, crushed tomatoes, and cream. Stir together. Let simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the drained pasta to the sauce, along with the spinach (I tear it up as I add it in). Let the pasta and spinach simmer in the sauce for 2 minutes over medium heat. Serve with a sprinkle of Parmesan.

FARFALLE WITH SAUSAGE, PINE NUTS, TOMATOES & SPINACH

Steps:

• Cook farfalle according to package directions. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet.
• Add garlic, and sauté until fragrant (about 3 minutes).
• Add pine nuts to garlic, and sauté 5 minutes.
• Add onion, sauté until soft (3 minutes).
• Add mushrooms and sauté 3 minutes.
• At this point you may need to add more olive oil if mixture is dry.
• Add red pepper flakes, sun-dried tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes, and salt & pepper to taste. Sauté mixture while sausage is browning, stirring occasionally.
• In a separate skillet, brown sausage until cooked through. Add sausage to vegetable mixture. Blend well, and sauté until mixture is moist but not soupy.
• Fold spinach into the mixture. Remove from heat once spinach begins to wilt.
• In a large bowl, combine farfalle and sausage/vegetable mixture.
• Stir in parmesan cheese. Blend well.
• Spoon into pasta bowls or plates and top with additional parmesan cheese.

FARFALLE WITH PIGNOLE, PROSCIUTTO, AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Toast pignole nuts in small frying pan. Add raisins to boiling water until plump, and drain. In large frying pan, heat oil and saute garlic. Add spinach and stir, cooking until wilted.
• Cook farfalle according to package directions. When done, drain and place farfalle in a large bowl with nuts, raisins, spinach mixture, prosciutto, salt and pepper, and grated cheese.

FARFALLE WITH PROSCIUTTO, SPINACH, PINE NUTS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Plump raisins by soaking in boiling water (off the heat), about 10 minutes, then drain.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook,stirring, for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook, stirring for about 2 minutes or until just wilted.
• Cook Farfalle as directed on package and drain. Toss with pine nuts, raisins, garlic, spinach and prosciutto. Add parmesan cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.