Pasta with Sausage and Kale

Pasta with Sausage and Kale
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pasta with Sausage and Kale a try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 23g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 559 calories. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of pine nuts, pepper, chicken broth, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the pine nuts you could follow this main course with the Pear Cake with Pine Nuts as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

1
Arrange kale in a steamer basket over boiling water; cover and steam 2 minutes.
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Drain.
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Remove thick stems, and cut leaves into thin strips; set aside.
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Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and set aside.
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Remove and discard casings from sausage. Cook sausage in a Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain.
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Add onion to sausage in Dutch oven, and saut 5 minutes.
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7
Add garlic, and saut 1 minute.
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Add vinegar, and cook 3 minutes.
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Add chicken broth and kale; cook 5 minutes. Stir in basil and next 3 ingredients; cook 1 minute. Stir in pine nuts, pasta, and feta cheese; cook until thoroughly heated.
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Serve immediately.
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*1 (6-ounce) package fresh baby spinach may be substituted for kale. Omit steaming procedure.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In40 m.
Servings6
Health Score48
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