Sausage and Red Wine Pasta
Fancy, but simple. This is a great dish to make when you're having company over and want to impress them without the stress.
Cook Time
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Ingredients
8oz penne pasta (reserve 1 cup pasta water)
1 lb ground sausage
2 tbs minced garlic
3 tbs tomato paste
1/2 cup Cabernet Sauvignon
1 cup pasta water
1 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese
1 cup freshly shredded parmesan reggiano
2 tbs butter
1 tbs dried rosemary
3 tbs fresh oregano
Recipe
- In a large skillet, cook the ground sausage until it’s nice a browned.
- Add in the minced garlic and tomato paste. Stir until it begins to blend together.
- Add in the cabernet sauvignon and stir until everything is completely combined.
- Add in the pasta water and stir.
- Add in 1/2 cup of the parm and 1/2 of the parm reggiano.
- Stir that all together until the cheese is melted and then add in the butter and rosemary. Stir until the butter is melted.
- Add in the cooked pasta.
- Add in the last 1/2 cups of parm and parm reggiano.
- With your hands, tear the oregano and drop it into the skillet and stir.
- Serve immediately!
This is on the fancier side of cooking for me. I don’t cook much with wine, but a friend left some at my house and since I am not a fan of drinking wine, I decided to cook with it! This dish has a rich flavor and with a buttery, red wine sauce, what’s not to love!
I used ground sausage in this dish because I think it adds a wonderful, savory flavor. It’s salty and I didn’t have to add any salt or pepper. The rosemary gives it a woodsy flavor and when reduced with the red wine, it’s perfect.
