Fast Sausage Pasta Recipes

QUICK AND EASY SAUSAGE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet until no pink remains. Drain fat.
• Add bell pepper and garlic, cook 2-3 minutes or until pepper begins to soften.
• Stir in diced tomatoes with juices, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and Italian seasoning. Simmer 5 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in salted water until al dente (do not overcook). Drain well.
• Add pasta to sausage and simmer 1 minute. Garnish with parsley and parmesan if desired.

SAUSAGE PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.
• In a large skillet, heat oil and sausage; cook through until no longer pink. During the last 5 minutes of cooking, add onion and garlic to skillet. Add broth, basil and tomatoes with liquid.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes to slightly reduce. Add chopped spinach; cover skillet and simmer on reduced heat until spinach is tender.
• Add pasta to skillet and mix together. Sprinkle with cheese and serve immediately.

SAUSAGE PASTA

Steps:

• Put a large pan of water on to boil.
• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan and fry chunky pieces of 8 pork sausages on a fairly high heat until they are golden brown all over.
• Now turn the heat down and add 1 large chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves, cooking them until they have softened.
• Stir in 1 tsp chilli powder and 400g chopped tomatoes with the sausages, bring the sauce to the boil then turn the heat down and let it bubble for about 10 minutes while you cook the pasta.
• Drop 300g pasta into the pan of boiling water and cook according to the pack instructions.
• Drain the pasta, then tip it into the frying pan with the sausage sauce, mixing well to coat. Dish up immediately with crusty bread.

PASTA WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Put the butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. As it melts, crumble the sausage meat into it, making the bits quite small, 1/2 inch or less in size. Add 1/2 cup of water and adjust the heat so that the mixture simmers gently.
• Cook the pasta until it is tender but not at all mushy. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the pasta-cooking water.
• Drain the pasta and dress with the sauce, adding some of the reserved cooking liquid if necessary. Taste and add salt and pepper as necessary. Toss with the Parmigiano-Reggiano and serve.
• White Pasta with Sausage and Onions: Before adding the sausage, gently cook about 1 cup minced onion in the butter until it is translucent. Proceed as directed.
• Red Pasta with Sausage: Still far lighter than the pasta with sausage you're expecting. Core, cut up, seed, and drain 5 to 6 plum tomatoes; they may be fresh or canned. Add them to the sauce along with the sausage.
• Add about 1 teaspoon minced garlic or a couple of tablespoons minced shallot to the butter as it melts.
• Toss in a handful of chopped fresh parsley or basil at the last moment or add about 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or minced fresh sage along with the sausage.
• Use red wine as the cooking liquid; its astringency offsets the sweet richness of butter and meat beautifully.