Farfalle With Sausage, Pine Nuts, Tomatoes & Spinach

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 ounces farfalle pasta (bowtie)
• 1 lb hot italian turkey sausage (removed from casings)
• 1/4-1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1 small onion
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 12 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 6 ounces sun-dried tomatoes (softened and julienned)
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
• 6 ounces fresh baby spinach
• 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (more for sprinkling on top)
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook farfalle according to package directions. drain.
• 2 heat olive oil in a large, heavy skillet.
• 3 add garlic, and sauté until fragrant (about 3 minutes).
• 4 add pine nuts to garlic, and sauté 5 minutes.
• 5 add onion, sauté until soft (3 minutes).
• 6 add mushrooms and sauté 3 minutes.
• 7 at this point you may need to add more olive oil if mixture is dry.
• 8 add red pepper flakes, sun-dried tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes, and salt & pepper to taste. sauté mixture while sausage is browning, stirring occasionally.
• 9 in a separate skillet, brown sausage until cooked through. add sausage to vegetable mixture. blend well, and sauté until mixture is moist but not soupy.
• 10 fold spinach into the mixture. remove from heat once spinach begins to wilt.
• 11 in a large bowl, combine farfalle and sausage/vegetable mixture.
• 12 stir in parmesan cheese. blend well.
• 13 spoon into pasta bowls or plates and top with additional parmesan cheese.