Pasta with Sausage Cream Sauce is comfort food in a bowl. Parmesan cheese, white wine, and a little nutmeg flavor this rich, tomatoless sauce.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pasta, sausage
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Author Christin Mahrlig
Ingredients
1poundsweet or mild Italian sausage
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2tablespoonvegetable oil
1cupheavy cream
1small sweet or yellow onion,diced
2clovesgarlic,minced
1/2cupdry white wine
1/4teaspoonground nutmeg
1tablespoonchopped fresh parsley
1/2cupfreshly grated Parmesan cheese
12ouncespasta cooked until al dente,reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid
Instructions
Sprinkle both sides of sausage with baking soda and shape into a large hamburger patty about 1/2 to 3/4-inch thick. Let sit 10 minutes.
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned on each side, about 3 minutes per side. Place sausage on a plate or cutting board and cut into 1/4-inch pieces. Transfer sausage to a bowl and add cream. Set aside.
If there is more than 1 1/2 tablespoons of grease in skillet, discard excess. Add onion to skillet and cook over medium heat until softened, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add garlic and cook 1 more minute.
Add wine and cook until reduced in half.
Add sausage/cream mixture and simmer 3 to 4 minutes.
Add nutmeg, parsley, and Parmesan. Remove from heat and stir until cheese is melted. If sauce is too thick, add some reserved cooking liquid.
Toss sauce with pasta and serve.
Notes
If you want to make this pasta dish spicy, add 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.