Best Sausage And Swiss Chard Pasta Recipes

SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook sausage and red onion until no longer pink, 3-4 minutes, breaking into crumbles. Add fennel, mushrooms and garlic; cook until tender, 6-8 minutes. Add Swiss chard; cook and stir until wilted, 4-5 minutes longer., Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta water. In a large bowl, combine pasta, sausage mixture, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, adding enough reserved pasta water to coat pasta and create a creamy texture. Serve with remaining cheese and pine nuts.

SWISS CHARD, SAUSAGE, PASTA, AND BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bring 1 teaspoon salt and water to a boil. Stir in the fusilli, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 6 minutes.
• Stir Swiss chard stems and chicken bouillon granules into pasta and water. Continue cooking until pasta has cooked through but is still slightly firm, about 6 more minutes. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Drain pasta and chard stems.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sausage links until evenly browned and no longer pink in the center. Transfer sausage to a plate and slice.
• Heat butter and red pepper flakes over medium heat in the skillet used to cook sausage; cook and stir onion and garlic in butter until tender and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir sliced Swiss chard leaves and balsamic vinegar into onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until chard leaves are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Mix kidney beans and tomato into chard leaf and onion mixture; continue to cook for 3 more minutes.
• Stir pasta, chard stems, and 1/2 of the reserved cooking liquid into the vegetables. Season with salt and black pepper. If the sauce becomes too dry, add remaining cooking liquid.
• Transfer pasta mixture to a large baking dish.
• Arrange sliced sausage and crumbled feta cheese atop pasta, pressing the mixture down.
• Bake in the preheated oven until feta cheese begins to melt, about 15 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler and broil until cheese is browned, 3 to 5 more minutes.

WHOLE-WHEAT PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and chard stems; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the tomatoes start breaking apart, about 5 minutes.
• Add the chard leaves to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start wilting, about 3 minutes. Add the pasta, the reserved cooking water and 1/4 cup cheese; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Top each serving with the remaining cheese.

PASTA WITH SAUSAGE, SWISS CHARD, AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Measure out 1 cup boiling water and pour over raisins in a small dish; let soak until plump, about 15 minutes, then drain.
• While raisins are soaking, add a generous amount of salt to pot of boiling water; cook pasta until al dente according to package instructions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water; drain pasta, and return to pot.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Cook sausage, breaking it up with a fork, until browned, about 5 minutes. Add chard and garlic, and season with pepper; cook, tossing, until chard wilts, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add sausage mixture to pot along with raisins, pine nuts, parmesan, and 1/2 cup reserved pasta water; toss with pasta to combine. Add enough additional pasta water to create a thin sauce to coat pasta.
• To serve, divide among shallow bowls, and sprinkle with more cheese.
• Pine Nuts
• Pine nuts can be used in both savory and sweet dishes. They can be refrigerated up to 3 months, or frozen up to 9 months, in an airtight container.

PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet and add both types of sausage and onion. Cook over medium heat until sausage is done.
• Drain sausage and onion and wipe skillet of excess grease with some paper towels.
• Return skillet to burner with sausage/onion and add Swiss chard and garlic, reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Cook about 15 minutes, stirring occassionally, until Swiss chard is tender.
• In the meantime, cook pasta in salted boiling water and drain.
• Add cooked, drained pasta to skillet with sausage and Swiss chard.
• Add nutmeg and cream, stirring until heated through.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese just before serving.

PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD

Steps:

• Bring pot of water to a boil for the pasta. In a separate pan (or high sided pot), saute garlic in olive oil and butter. Take sausage out of casings, roughly chop, and add to pan. Cook for 10 minutes. Add swiss chard, still until leaves are wilted. Add cream (I usually only use 1/2 pint) and cook on low heat to slightly thicken. Meanwhile, boil rigatoni in water until a few minutes undercooked. Drain pasta and then add to sausage/swiss chard mixture. Mix and simmer at low heat until pasta is done.

WHOLE-WHEAT PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and chard stems; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the tomatoes start breaking apart, about 5 minutes.
• Add the chard leaves to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start wilting, about 3 minutes. Add the pasta, the reserved cooking water and 1/4 cup cheese; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Top each serving with the remaining cheese.
• Photograph by Ryan Dausch