The Domesticated Diva: somebody call 911, there's a sausage fire burning on the dance floor, oh whoa oh oh!

August 31, 2009

somebody call 911, there's a sausage fire burning on the dance floor, oh whoa oh oh!

oh my!! this recipe is AMAZING!! if you like spicy, yummy pasta, this is it! i found this blog off of a blog, off of a blog, off of a blog, literally 3 times removed from the first blog! it was easy, SUPER yummy and wallet friendly. i served mine with a crusty french baguette and a green garden salad. like usual, i added a few things. the original recipe calls for peas, but i used kale, a totally underrated and under used vegetable/green. i also added butter and more garlic. hope you enjoy it. i will definetly be making this one again. it is worthy of a place in my recipe box =)

Sausage and Penne in Garlic Olive Oil

5 sweet Italian sausage links ( i used Johnsonville hot italian sausage )

Olive oil
1 box (1 lb) of penne pasta
4 minced cloves of garlic
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp dried basil

about 3-4 kale leaves washed and torn into little pieces
butter ( about 2 tbsp )

Place Italian sausage in a skillet with 1/2 cup of water. Cook over medium-high heat, turning links occasionally. Water will cook down, when it does add another 1/2 cup of water and let that cook down too, allowing the links to brown on both sides. Add another 1/2 cup water and cover pan, let cook until links are cooked through and no longer pink.

Slice cooked links into bite sized pieces.

Cook penne pasta until al dente. Drain pasta and set aside. In the pot you boiled the pasta in add 2 tbsp of olive oil and 1 tbsp of butter, sauté minced garlic and the torn kale leaves. Add red pepper flakes and the dried basil and sauté a few more minutes. Add sausage and toss to coat. Cook for a few minutes to mingle flavors. Turn off heat.
Add pasta to sausage mixture and toss to coat. (at this point i added about another 2 tbsp of olive oil and another tbsp of butter ) toss to coat.

this recipe was courtesy of www.amandascookin.com

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First of all that song wasstuck in my head all day...and ijust heard it onthe radio again in the car...lol!!

Secondly that looks wayyyyy yummy. I have never cooked with kale so you must be right it is under rated...will have to give this a try. Will have to do mild suasage here...the kiddos are wimps.

Posted by: Melinda | August 31, 2009 at 06:04 PM

OMGOSH! you are blogging! whf? (fetch) oh my gosh... I am so shocked! I'm so impressed too! I can't wait to go through all these posts that i have missed and try 1 or 2 of them!

Posted by: keri | September 08, 2009 at 07:18 AM