Description
Forget the diet today – comfort food is on the menu! This creamy Italian sausage pasta recipe pairs a hearty white sauce with bold fennel flavors, creating a dish that’s as perfect for a weeknight treat as it is for a special dinner guest.
Ingredients
Scale
16 oz fettuccine
4 sausages
2 tbsp fennel seeds
1 + ½ cup heavy cream
Extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 onion
Cooking white wine
Freshly ground black pepper
1 oz coarse salt
Fine salt to taste
Red chili pepper flakes (optional)
Just a bunch of parsley (optional, use sparingly)
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients: Finely chop garlic and onion. Remove any green germ from the garlic. Remove sausage casings and chop into chunks. Add chunks to a skillet with oil.
- Heat pasta water: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Prepare the sausage: Cook sausage over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon. Add wine to deglaze and simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Add aromatics: Add garlic and onion to the skillet and sauté for about 4 minutes.
- Add cream and fennel seeds: Reduce to low heat and pour in cream. Add fennel seeds and simmer.
- Season the sauce: Adjust salt and pepper. Add a pinch of red pepper flakes if desired.
- Cook the pasta: Add coarse salt to boiling water, then add pasta. Cook at medium heat until al dente, then drain, reserving some pasta water.
- Combine pasta and sauce: Add the cooked pasta to the sauce and mix well, adding some pasta water if needed.
- Finish and serve: Remove from heat, add grated cheese, and mix. Serve hot, garnished with more cheese and parsley if desired.
Notes
- I think that fettuccine is the best kind of pasta for this recipe. However, you can also use bucatini or short shapes like fusilli, penne, and rigatoni.
- Disclaimer: The nutritional information provided for this recipe is only an estimate generated with VeryWellFit’s online calculator. The accuracy of the facts listed is not and cannot be guaranteed. If you need this information for medical reasons please check with your doctor.
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 25 Minutes
- Category: Pasta
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Plate
- Calories: 1015
- Sugar: 8.5g
- Sodium: 1843mg
- Fat: 65g
- Saturated Fat: 31.4g
- Carbohydrates: 70.1g
- Fiber: 5.7g
- Protein: 32.2g
- Cholesterol: 264mg
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