Best Creamy Pesto Penne With Sausage Recipes
CREAMY PESTO PENNE WITH SAUSAGE
Quick weeknight dinner. Ready in 15 minutes!
Provided by BaughHumbug
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta Pesto Pasta Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook penne at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain and transfer pasta to a bowl.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; add to pasta.
- Whisk pesto sauce mix, milk, and olive oil together in a small saucepan; bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and keep at a simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes; pour over pasta and sausage mixture and toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1454.6 calories, Carbohydrate 176.8 g, Cholesterol 74.5 mg, Fat 61.8 g, Fiber 7.6 g, Protein 51.5 g, SaturatedFat 15.8 g, Sodium 2150.9 mg, Sugar 15.6 g
CREAMY SAUSAGE PENNE
This luscious pasta dish is one I've avoided making recently; it's not exactly a lowfat dinner and I feel guilty serving it to my husband -- neither of us should be eating such a high calorie meal. But it's so, so good! Even though I can't claim it's part of a healthy diet, I hope you try it at least once -- it's a fast, easy dish, after all! I serve this with a simple green salad.
Provided by Lennie
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the penne until al dente; drain well and do NOT rinse.
- After you put the water on to boil, remove sausage meat from the casings, crumble, and set aside.
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and cayenne and saute for approximately 30 seconds, then add sausage meat to skillet.
- Cook until sausage meat is no longer pink (about 5 minutes or so).
- Add cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg to skillet and turn heat to high to bring mixture to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, gently, until the cream reduces and the sauce thickens a bit; it takes about 10 minutes.
- Place cooked penne in a large serving bowl (it's nice if you warm it first) and pour sauce over; add butter and cheese to bowl and combine all well.
- Taste; add more salt and/or pepper if you wish.
- Sprinkle chopped herbs over top and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 818.5, Fat 51.9, SaturatedFat 22.6, Cholesterol 120.1, Sodium 1350.4, Carbohydrate 65.6, Fiber 8.6, Sugar 0.8, Protein 24.4
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