Do you enjoy preparing tasty italian sausage & pasta recipes? I hope you try this one. It’s one of my favorite Italian sausage & pasta recipes for ziti with sausage and vegetables, adapted from the cookbook,Jaques Pepin’s Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine, that was also a fun television show on PBS years ago, back in the pre-food network days.
This italian sausage & pasta recipe is one of those quick easy pasta recipes you can turn to again and again. I first made this easy pasta dish for my brother back in the late 1990s. He gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up and its been in my files ever since.
This is one of those versatile italian sausage & pasta recipes that is meant to be modified depending upon what’s fresh and available at the market. To save on fat and calories I usually use italian style turkey sausage whenever I can. Lately I’ve been using whole wheat pasta when I make this delicious dish. We enjoyed this recipe for italian sausage and pasta for dinner sprinkled with parmesan grated from an incredible wedge Mac brought back from Europe.
Italian Sausage & Pasta Recipe
- 6 to 12 ounces Italian sausage (depending on how much sausage you like in your pasta)
- 3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 12 ounces tube-shaped pasta such as ziti or penne
- 2 to 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 cups corn (fresh, canned, or thawed frozen)
- 12 ounces cherry tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Freshly grated parmesan cheese for serving
- Red pepper flakes for serving (optional
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt to the water, and cook the pasta until it’s al dente. Before draining the pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
Meanwhile break apart the sausage into small pieces and cook in 1 tablespoon of oil in a large saute pan until nicely browned (about 10 minutes or so).
While the pasta is cooking and sausage is browning, rinse your broccoli florets and halve any of the tomatoes that are especially large.
Once the sausage has browned, add the broccoli and garlic to the pan, stir to combine everything and then reduce the heat, cover the pan and let cook for about 5 minutes. Add the corn and tomatoes, cooking covered for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the drained pasta, reserved pasta water, salt and remaining olive oil. Stir to combine everything over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Alternatively, you can dump everything into the pasta pot to combine if your saute pan isn’t quite large enough.
Turn out to a warmed pasta bowl and serve with grated parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes, if you like.
Makes 4 to 6 servings
This italian sausage & pasta recipe is adapted fromJacques Pepin’s Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine
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Do you enjoy preparing tasty italian sausage & pasta recipes? I hope you try this one. It’s one of my favorite Italian sausage & pasta recipes for ziti with sausage and vegetables, adapted from the cookbook,Jaques Pepin’s Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine, that was also a fun television show on PBS years ago, back in the pre-food network days.
This italian sausage & pasta recipe is one of those quick easy pasta recipes you can turn to again and again. I first made this easy pasta dish for my brother back in the late 1990s. He gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up and its been in my files ever since.
This is one of those versatile italian sausage & pasta recipes that is meant to be modified depending upon what’s fresh and available at the market. To save on fat and calories I usually use italian style turkey sausage whenever I can. Lately I’ve been using whole wheat pasta when I make this delicious dish. We enjoyed this recipe for italian sausage and pasta for dinner sprinkled with parmesan grated from an incredible wedge Mac brought back from Europe.
Italian Sausage & Pasta Recipe
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt to the water, and cook the pasta until it’s al dente. Before draining the pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
Meanwhile break apart the sausage into small pieces and cook in 1 tablespoon of oil in a large saute pan until nicely browned (about 10 minutes or so).
While the pasta is cooking and sausage is browning, rinse your broccoli florets and halve any of the tomatoes that are especially large.
Once the sausage has browned, add the broccoli and garlic to the pan, stir to combine everything and then reduce the heat, cover the pan and let cook for about 5 minutes. Add the corn and tomatoes, cooking covered for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the drained pasta, reserved pasta water, salt and remaining olive oil. Stir to combine everything over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Alternatively, you can dump everything into the pasta pot to combine if your saute pan isn’t quite large enough.
Turn out to a warmed pasta bowl and serve with grated parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes, if you like.
Makes 4 to 6 servings
This italian sausage & pasta recipe is adapted fromJacques Pepin’s Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine