This pasta dish is a favorite weeknight meal of ours. It’s hearty and tasty and comes together in less than 30 minutes. I’ve had four requests for the recipe since I posted it on Instgram, so I figure that makes it blogworthy. Enjoy!
Orecchiette with Sausage Sauce
Serves 6.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb sweet Italian sausage
- 1/2 lb hot Italian sausage (or just use 1 lb sweet)
- olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup beef broth (or red wine)
- salt and pepper
- 1 lb orecchiette
- 1 big bunch spinach
- Parmesan cheese for topping
Directions
- Remove sausage from casing, crumble, and cook over medium heat until brown, about 5 minutes. Remove cooked sausage from pan and place on a separate plate lined with a paper towel.
- Add olive oil, chopped onion, and chopped garlic to pan. Saute for about 5 minutes.
- Add sausage back to pan, plus tomatoes and broth/wine. Season with salt and pepper. Set heat to low and simmer sauce.
- Meanwhile, cook orecchiette according to package directions, about 11 minutes. Add spinach to sauce when you have about 4 minutes left on the pasta.
- Toss pasta with sauce and serve with cheese.
Wow, I think I was meant to find your site. 🙂 I have been really into this dish since I had it (or something like it) in a restaurant once. My stepmom gave me four bags of Orecchiette since none of my local supermarkets carry it! I will have to try your recipe – the one I tried (which called for broccoli rabe, which I never added to recipes before so it came with a learning curve as well) definitely seemed as though it took two hours to prepare. I’m sure you can relate with a toddler that is not typically the allotted window of time for dinner prep. haha. 🙂
So you don’t have vegetarian recipes? I’m looking all over the place for them. I probably never should have become vegetarian 100% of the time, but I always feel so heavy after eating meat. And I needed to do so for medical reasons.
Sausage was my favorite meat. That and chicken.