Classy lookin’ eh? This was one of the easiest dishes I’ve made up in awhile. It’s one of those dinners that you make when you’re too tired to make something way complicated, yet it sounds fancy and tastes great.
I bought some fancy sounding asiago fennel sausage at the supermarket this weekend and decided to add it to a noodle dish. I really love how sausage has come a long way from what it used to be a few years ago. I mean, when I think of sausage 10 years ago…I think of brats and kielbasa…oh and those little pigs in a blanket smokies which I used to love as a kid. Now there is an ARRAY of fancy sausage which have equally fancy ingredients added to give it more flavor like apple, cheeses of different sorts, fennel, portobello mushrooms, etc.
I bought a lemon pappardelle pasta from Trader Joe’s which I simply loooooooove. I mean, this pasta is amazing and quite tasty. If you have a Trader Joe’s in your area, look for it, buy it and give it a try. You won’t be let down, I promise you.
Anyways, let me share with you the simple process to re-create this dish:
- Boil the pasta according to the instructions (takes 8-11 minutes)
- Cut and sautee the sausages with a bit of olive oil until they are fully cooked (browned a bit)
- During the last few minutes of the pasta cook time, add grape tomatoes to the pan with the sausage and let them heat up a bit.
- After the pasta has been drained, add the sausage and tomatoes with fresh basil to the pasta pot.
- Mix in olive oil and garlic (I use the garlic that’s pureed already).
- Add salt to taste.
- Top with freshly grated mozzarella cheese and parmigiano reggiano cheese.
Serve with a Caesar salad or chopped Italian salad and there you have it, an easy meal that tastes amazing!
Filed under: Blogroll, Cheese, Dinner, Food, Italian, Recipes, Sausage, easy, easy meal, garlic, tomatoes
Sounds delicious…I’ll definitely try it! Wish I had Trader Joe’s around the corner. It’s more than an hour away. Love that store.
Looks very good. I would love to try this for my family.
one of my favorite kinds of dishes – fast, easy, fresh, and using tasty, tasty sausage.
i love sausage.
Wow, this caught my eye because I just found a box of this pasta in my pantry the other day and I used it for a scallop pasta. This one sounds delicious too – I’ll have to try it next time I find this pasta hanging around
I think I would really like this..this presentation is beautiful. I’m going to have to try Trader Joes Lemon Papparadelle Pasta. I’ve never seen it there. Thanks for the referral!
I love TJ’s Lemon Pappadelle Pasta too! I have some and was wondering what meat to pair it with. I’m trying this tonight!
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