Orechiette with Sausage, Beans, and Mascarpone
Orechiette with Sausage, Beans, and Mascarpone might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. One serving contains 558 calories, 24g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. If you have pepper, orechiette pasta, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.
Instructions
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Drain pasta reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
In a large, heavy skillet warm the olive oil over medium-high heat.
Add the sausage and onions. Using a wooden spoon break up the sausage into bite-sized pieces as it browns.
Continue cooking until the sausage is golden and the onions are tender.
Add the beans and oregano cook for 2 more minutes.
Add the cup of pasta cooking liquid and stir, scrapping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
Add the mascarpone cheese and stir until it dissolved into a light sauce.
Add the salt, pepper, and hot pasta. Stir until coated and serve.