Are you afraid of sausage? I kind of am. Any food that has a phrase coined about how gross “seeing the sausage made” is throws up a red flag for me on eating it. (OF COURSE??) I had a hunch, however, that David would love it (since boys seem to like foods like that anyway). We use turkey sausage all the time, but because I was going for the real deal, I made a deliberate trip to our speciality food store to at least get a really nice version. Avoiding any additional mysteriousness of sausage was the goal.
And I really liked the final product! And (no surprise) the man of the house did too.
SMOKED SAUSAGE & SPINACH PASTA
Serves 3-4
14 ounces smoked sausage, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 pound pasta
15 ounces white beans
1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
2 cups spinach
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 carrots, sliced
Parmesan
Salt & pepper
Heat sausage in a skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare pasta according to package instructions. Add carrots and olive oil to skillet and continue to cook for about 5 minutes on low. Add white beans, tomatoes, and spinach. Stir and cook until spinach is wilted.
Add in cooked and strained pasta. Season with salt & pepper. Top with pine nuts and parmesan.
- 14 ounces smoked sausage, sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ pound pasta
- 15 ounces white beans
- ½ pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 cups spinach
- ¼ cup pine nuts
- 2 carrots, sliced
- Parmesan
- Salt & pepper
- Heat sausage in a skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare pasta according to package instructions. Add carrots and olive oil to skillet and continue to cook for about 5 minutes on low.
- Add white beans, tomatoes, and spinach. Stir and cook until spinach is wilted.
- Add in cooked and strained pasta. Season with salt & pepper. Top with pine nuts and parmesan.
Inspired by A Cedar Spoon.