Pasta with Red Sauce, Mushrooms and Sausage
Mark Boughton/styling: Teresa Blackburn
- Yield: 6 servings
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1pound pasta (fresh or dried) such as fettuccine or tube-shaped pasta
- 12ounces bulk Italian sausage (sweet or hot)
- 8ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 4cloves garlic, minced
- 1tablespoon dried basil
- 1/4teaspoon pepper flakes (optional)
- 3ounces prosciutto, chopped
- 1cup chicken broth or dry white wine
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1/4teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 1/3cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Reserve a 1/4 cup of cooking liquid, drain pasta. Stir in reserved cooking liquid. Keep warm.
- Crumble Italian sausage into a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until no longer pink. Remove sausage from pan and set aside. Add sliced mushrooms to pan and sauté in drippings about 2 minutes. Remove mushrooms from pan and add to sausage. In the same pan, add garlic, basil, and red pepper flakes (if using), and sauté until garlic is fragrant. Add prosciutto and sauté 1 minute. Add chicken broth, bring to a simmer, reduce heat, and cook 8 to 10 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and sausage mixture and stir until combined. Simmer sauce, partially covered, about 20 minutes. Stir in sugar (if using) and cook 1 minute.
- Place warm pasta in serving bowls. Top with sauce and cheese.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 620
- Fat 14g
- Sodium 1240
- Carbohydrate 95g
- Fiber 8g
- Protein 34g