Easy Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta
A quick easy Pasta dinner for those busy weeknights!
Ingredients
- 1 lbs Ground Italian Sausage
- 1 lbs Penne pasta
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- ½ Yellow onion minced
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- ½ tsp. Red pepper flakes optional
- ½ tsp. Salt
- 2 cups Heavy cream
- 5 oz Baby spinach
- 1 cup Shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
Cook pasta:
- Bring a large pot salted of water to a boil. Add your pasta and cook according to the package directions until al dente. Drain the pasta reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water in case your need it later to adjust the sauce.
Sauté Sausage and Veggies
- While the pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-heat. Add the Italian Sausage. Breaking it up with a spoon.
- Add in you onion, garlic, red pepper flakes and salt. Cook for about 5-7 minutes. Stirring occasionally until the sausage is browned and onions are soft.
- If there is any grease from the sausage drain it off, then return your sausage back to the skillet.
Sauce:
- Turn the heat down to low. Pour in your heavy cream and let it come to a gentle simmer. Stirring occasionally.
- Add in baby spinach, stirring gently. Let it cook 3-5 minutes until the spinach is wilted and mix well with the creamy sauce.
- Add in the parmesan cheese to the skillet, stirring until melted and fully blended
Add in the pasta
- Add the cooked penne to the skillet, tossing everything together to coat pasta evenly with the sauce. If the sauce is too thick, add a bit of the reserved pasta water, one tablespoon at a time, until it reaches your desired coconsistency.