Sweet Italian Sausage With Penne Pasta
"We are Italian and if you go through my recipes you'll find alot of wonderful, quick and easy pasta dishes. We love our pasta and we love garlic, too! Serve this with garlic Texas toast. I can't eat pasta much anymore because I'm diabetic but my husband and daughter love it so I keep making it for them. I usually eat salmon (I have one or two good ones for salmon, too- check them out)."
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb penne pasta
- 1 lb broccoli floret (I use frozen)
- 8 ounces Italian sausage, cut in bite-size chunks (sweet & mild)
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced (you can use less if you want)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup grated pecorino romano cheese
directions
- Boil the water and cook the penne according to package directions. DO NOT ever add oil to the water! It will make your sauce slide off the pasta later.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil (medium-high heat) in a large skillet and saute the broccoli, sausage and garlic until tender and starting to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Toss the butter, hot pasta, sausage mixture and romano cheese together and serve. Pass the grated cheese at the table.
Questions & Replies
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Can I use fresh brocoli for this recipe. And how should i do so.
Reviews
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I took the sausage out of the casing and crumbled it up while browning, just my preference with sausage. Followed another comment on here and added Italian seasoning and onion powder, along with some salt, pepper and turmeric. Then took about a cup of pasta water and mixed it with some better than bouillon chicken base, corn starch and milk. I added that to the pan with the sausage and broccoli and let it simmer until thick. This made a great sauce. I drained the pasta, put it back in the pot to swirl around some butter and then added the buttered pasta into the rest of the ingredients. Fantastic, even my 13 month old loved it!
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Great base recipe that I tweaked for personal taste. Hit with the dinner guest. Will add fresh mushrooms next time...but definitely there will be a next time! -
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Ok, I went rogue, but it turned out fantastic. I sauteed sausage with broccoli, mushrooms, and red pepper. Added olive oil, Italian seasoning, onion powder and garlic and butter. In a cup I mixed corn starch, milk and chicken stock. I poured that into skillet to make a nice sauce. Added cooked pasta. So so yummy -
Our entire family enjoyed this! I was hesitant that something with so few, simple ingredients could taste so good- but it was! I loved how quickly it came together.<br/><br/>I'm guilty however of what I hate everyone else doing- I made a few adjustments. I added an onion and epicure pizza seasoning. Also, I reserved some pasta liquid to keep it moist. Yum!
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The whole family loved it. Used rigatoni instead, but that's the only change I made. -
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Tweaks
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Added crushed tomatoes and Italian seasoning. Was perfect -
Added chicken broth base, pasta water and milk for a sauce.
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My additions: 4 large cloves garlic 1/2 sliced white onion 1 large shallot 1/2 pesto 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan Cheese
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Doubled the grated parmesean, stirring in half with broccoli stalks and 1/2 cup pasta water allowing to steam 3 minutes, then added florettes, covered and removed from heat. Served with Rattatouie (sp). Excellent!
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This can also be made healthier by adding more veggies, using chicken sausage ( I like to take the sausage out of the casing and brown) and use organic brown rice and quiona noodles from Trader Joe's- and I don't even miss the other ones, and I'm Italian too!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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Vineland, NJ
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