If you love simple recipes, raise your hand! Today I am sharing a super simple recipe with you. This recipe is pretty versatile so if you don’t have the same meat or vegetables that I used, you can substitute them with something you do have, however, I do recommend a green vegetable such as zucchini, broccoli or asparagus, but any meat would work. In fact, that is exactly what I did when I made this recipe.
You see, I just received the latest edition of Food Network Magazine and grazing the cover is a fantastic looking pasta dish. I didn’t have the turkey sausage or broccoli called for in the recipe so I substituted spinach and some leftover beer brats in place of those items. This recipe only took a mere twenty minutes to prepare, making it the perfect busy weeknight meal. I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Simple Spinach & Sausage Pasta
- 2 beer brats, sliced
- ¾ C frozen spinach, thawed, rinsed and drained
- ½ C Parmesan cheese, grated
- ¾ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp salt plus more to taste
- 2 -3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp white wine
- 2 tbsp whipping cream
- 10 oz shell pasta, cooked tender
- 1 C of the pasta water
- Cook the pasta and reserve 1 C of the water
- In a large pot, saute the garlic and spinach in the olive oil. Add the salt, crushed red pepper.
- Add the pasta and sliced sausage to the spinach mix.
- Whisk the egg into the pasta water and then add to the pot. Sprinkle the flour over the pasta mixture and mix until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Add the cream, parmesan cheese and white wine. Mix well and simmer until the sauce is thick and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Add salt to taste.
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Yum! This looks great! Definitely adding it to my menu!
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I really can’t get enough of pasta, and this recipe looks perfect – tempted to make this tonight.
Have a lovely day.
Kate x
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This looks so good! Pinning to try!
This looks delicious, Julie! And easy! RIght up my alley!
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My hand is raised! This looks great and easy!!
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mmm..this looks so easy, and sounds amazing. Definitely adding it to my list of meals to make!
Julie, simple is definitely good but delicious is even better, and this sounds like it is both! Thanks for the recipe!
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This recipe looks great, I love to make things that are simple and tasty. One of my sons pretty much survives on pasta and sausage at the moment so it’s lovely to find a recipe that will add a bit of vareity to his diet!
Yum! I make a broccoli and sausage one that my kids love…gotta try this!! Thanks for sharing!
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This looks really tasty. I have a favorite sausage and spinach pasta recipe, but I’m going to change it up and try this one soon.
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This looks sooo good! I love spinach in just about anything lately and I bet the sausage is super good with it too.. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Weekend Wonders! Have a wonderful day!
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I was eyeing this pasta on the cover of FNM so hard I bought it! I’m glad to hear it’s as delicious as I was hoping it would be.
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