Creamy Sausage Pasta Recipe
This sausage pasta recipe is an easy, 30-minute dinner recipe your whole family will love. Pasta is tossed in a creamy, cheesy, sausage-based sauce for a cozy meal you'll make on repeat.
Servings: 10 Servings
Cost: $10
Equipment
- 5 quart pot (for cooking pasta)
Ingredients
- 16 ounces gemelli pasta
- 1 pound Italian sausage (ground, mild or spicy)
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- ½ cup onion (finely diced)
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 15 ounces crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ cup fresh basil (chopped)
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt (or to taste)
- ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly ground)
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted water until al dente.
- While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce. Begin by cooking the Italian sausage onion and garlic in a large skillet over medium heat until lightly browned.
- Stir occasionally, and break up the sausage into small pieces as you cook. Cover the pan between stirring to fully cook the sausage.
- Then, add the butter and stir until melted. Once the butter is melted add the flour and stir to combine.
- Once the flour is incorporated, add the heavy cream, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, parmesan cheese, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened slightly and turns a deeper red/orange color.
- Drain the pasta (do not rinse), add it to the pot, and stir until coated with sauce.
- Serve immediately with a sprinkle of fresh parmesan cheese and chopped fresh basil.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Pasta. I love the gemelli shaped pasta (I get it from Costco). But I've used every tubular pasta under the sun and they all work great - penne, rigatoni, ziti, etc.
- Italian sausage. We use ground, pork, mild sausage, but you can use spicy.
- Onion. use your favorite. I prefer a sweet yellow or white onion, but have used red with great results.
- Heavy cream. half and half or whole milk both work well, but heavy cream really is the best choice. My kids can tell when I use something other than heavy cream - and they still love it but like the cream the best.
- Crushed tomatoes. I have kids who don't like tomato chunks, so I use crushed. You can used diced tomatoes too it tastes great.
- Fresh basil. You can use dried but fresh is by far the best.
Nutrition
Serving: 1.5cups | Calories: 472kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 554mg | Potassium: 396mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 591IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 2mg