Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce

Name: Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce
Prep time: 51 min
Cook time: 51 min
Total time: 51 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 3 shallots, chopped; 2 larges garlic cloves, chopped; 227 grams sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 227 grams spicy or hot Italian sausage, casings removed; 237 milliliters whipping cream; 822 grams diced tomatoes in juice; 1 Tbsp dried sage; 340 grams fettuccine; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce a try. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 745 calories, 25g of protein, and 48g of fat. If you have tomatoes in juice, parmesan cheese, whipping cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 51 minutes.

Instructions

Heat water for pasta: Put a large pot of salted water on to boil (1 Tbsp salt for every 2 quarts of water). While the pasta water is heating, prepare the sauce in the next step.

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Cook shallots and garlic:

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Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium heat.

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Add the shallots and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes.

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Add Italian sausage: Break up the sweet and spicy Italian sausages as you add them to the pan. Toss with the shallots, increase the heat to medium high, and cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.

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Stir in the cream and simmer for 5 minutes.

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Stir in the tomatoes, their juices, and the sage. Simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens.

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Cook the pasta: The pasta water should be boiling by now. After the sauce has simmered for about 5 minutes, add the pasta to boiling salted water and cook, uncovered at a rolling boil, until the pasta is al dente, cooked through but still a little firm to the bite.

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Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water and drain the pasta.

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the pasta with the sauce and add a little of the reserved pasta water if dish seems dry.

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