Italian Sausage Pasta In Cream Sauce
A delicious cream sauce made with sweet Italian sausage. A super satisfying Italian comfort food recipe.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 pound pappardelle pasta
- 1.5-2 pounds sweet Italian sausage
- 8 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 medium chopped onion
- 28 oz whole plum tomatoes
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 cups pasta water
- 1 cup grated Parmigiano or Pecorino
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped basil
Instructions
- Chop onion and garlic roughly. Pulse plum tomatoes in blender or break about gently in large bowl with hands. Remove all the sausage from casings.
- Saute garlic and onions on medium-low heat for 5 minutes to soften.
- Add ground sausage to pan and turn heat to medium. Saute sausage for roughly 20 minutes. Break sausage apart with wooden spoon during the saute process.
- Add the salt, crushed pepper, oregano, crushed tomatoes, and tomato paste to the sausage and stir it all together. Cover and cook on medium to medium low for 30 minutes.
- Boil pasta according to package directions. Before draining pasta reserve 3 cups of pasta water.
- Remove lid from sauce at 30 minutes and add 1 cup of pasta water. Stir together and cook for 5 more minutes uncovered.
- Turn heat to low and add cream. Stir together well and cook for 2 more minutes. Taste sauce and adjust salt or pepper if necessary.
- Place cooked pasta in a large bowl and spoon the sausage sauce all over the pasta. Do not go overboard with the sauce as you might have extra.
- Mix the sauce and pasta together and if it is not creamy enough add a 1/2 cup of pasta water to loosen the sauce. Do this in small increments to get the perfect consistency.
- Finally add the chopped basil and serve in bowls with Italian bread, grated cheese, and (if any) the extra sauce. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Make sure to use heavy cream to avoid breaking the sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 585kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 35g | Sodium: 770mg