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Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes, and Cream
"Delicious and satisfying... I don't remember where this recipe comes from, but it's a pleaser! Easily doubled. Also, works well with gf pasta and sausage"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 lb sweet Italian sausage link, casings removed,crumbled
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed dried red pepper flakes
- 1⁄4 cup diced onion
- 1 1⁄2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Italian plum tomatoes, drained,coarsely chopped
- 3⁄4 cup whipping cream
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces pasta
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons minced parsley
- grated parmesan cheese
directions
- Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Add sausage and crushed red pepper.
- Cook until sausage is no longer pink, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes.
- Add onion and garlic to skillet and cook until onion is tender and sausage is light brown, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, cream, and salt.
- Simmer until mixture thickens slightly, about 4 minutes.
- (Can be prepared one day ahead. Cover and chill.).
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling water.
- Drain.
- Bring sauce to a simmer.
- Add pasta to sauce and cook until pasta is heated through and sauce thickens, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes.
- Divide pasta between plates.
- Sprinkle with parsley.
- Serve, passing Parmesan separately.
Questions & Replies
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Can I use a pasta sauce instead of crushed tomatoes? I do not like cooked chunks of tomatoes, though I will eat tomato sandwiches. I know that is weird. -
Can I substitute with cream cheese
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How much pasta do you need for this recipe? 1 lb?
Reviews
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This deserves more than 5 stars! This is an incredible tasting dish. Since I have tons of tomatoes in the garden, I used fresh peeled and seeded tomatoes. I made this with whole milk, added a few frozen peas for color, and the pasta we chose was penne. I will definitely make this often. Thanks!! -
Let me just say this: YUM. Okay, and I'll say more: I just finished the leftovers for breakfast. This was a very easy dish and tasted like it took much more work. I let the sauce cook down a little more than suggested, and I added more red pepper flakes, and it was wonderful. Thanks for sharing this great recipe GinnyP! -
Fabulous!!! Simply fabulous!! Very easy to make and the flavors mixed so well!!! I used canned tomatoes, but next time, BF and I decided that we will try fresh or maybe sundried. Perfect with a salad, bread and bottle of good chianti! -
WOW! Deeeeeelicious! I doubled the recipe and we have plenty for lunch tomorrow. This recipe deserves more than 5 stars - easy recipe, easy directions, clean up a snap, and chock full of flavor! I had everything on hand, too so no need to run to the store. I used sundried tomato and basil sweet sausage. I didn't have heavy cream so I made my own (3/4 c. skim milk and 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 tsp of flour = 1 c. cream). I had Rigatoni on hand and cooked it al dente (~ 12 oz). My 6 year old ate it up and said she wants this everyday! LOL. She's getting some for lunch tomorrow, as will I. She wants me to make this when we go to Myrtle Beach next week. I think our friends are going to LOVE this too. Thanks for posting...this is a keeper!!! - Also, this recipe (doubled) easily could feed 6 to 8 people. My serving size is 1 cup for this recipe. Served with a nice garden salad and a side of veggies (steamed zucchini), you don't need more than a cup of this pasta (although it's too tempting not to go back for seconds.) Just read some reviews and I'm SHOCKED people are complaining it lacked in flavor or was bland. My DH is as picky as they get, and he oooh'd and awwww'd about the GREAT flavor this dish had. I didn't have to make any adjustments.
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GREAT recipe! Easy and yummy, what more could you ask for?!!
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Tweaks
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I added sun dried tomato paste (two tablespoons) and it gave it an even better taste if you that were possible. Enjoy all.
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Add some tomato paste to thicken the sauce
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Great flavor! I like the diced tomato without the tomato base. I used rotini pasta and canned diced tomatoes, drained. I didn't have whipping cream so I used half and half. Sauce was probably thinner but still creamy. I also added a diced carrot and dice celery because they were going limp and need to use them up. I probably should have taken the photo before eating but I was hungry! These are the leftovers.
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Whole family gives this a thumbs up! They insist this is a keeper and we need to make it again. It's a shame it's so fattening but I like MizzNess' suggestion to use whole milk instead of cream. I may try that next time. I used fresh tomatoes instead of canned and threw in saute'd kale for some extra fiber and vitamins. Love it! No one even picked the kale or tomatoes out! -
This is very delicious! However, I do admit that I made some changes to the recipe. First off, instead of sweet Italian sausage, I used HOT Italian sausage. It's just a personal preference and this way you can also omit the crushed pepper. Secondly, rather than using heavy cream I used an 8oz tub of that new Kraft cooking cream cheese in Italian herb flavor. This came out very well and my husband raved about it. :) This definitely tastes like a restaurant dish. I highly recommend!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
GinnyP
Seattle, Washington
