Pasta alla carcerata tasty and full-flavored. Simple and quick recipes are often the best. The ones you can prepare in a few minutes and that conquer everyone at the table, like the Sausage and Cream Pasta I want to share with you today. A very easy sauce to make with sausage, cream and tomato passata. In less than half an hour you can bring to the table a flavorful, hearty dish, perfect for any occasion. The sauce is very creamy, like the Penne al baffo or the Pasta with shrimp, and it is one of those recipes that help us when we have little time to dedicate to the kitchen but still want to prepare something good for our family. While the sauce cooks, you boil the pasta and you’ll be ready to serve. The curious name of this dish from the humble Roman tradition perhaps comes from the use of simple ingredients easily available even in prison kitchens, or simply from its strong, robust flavor. Let’s hurry to the kitchen and prepare together an irresistible Sausage Pasta with Tomato
AND DON’T MISS THESE RECIPES TOO:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Budget-friendly
- Portions: 4Servings
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 458.82 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 35.68 (g) of which sugars 1.62 (g)
- Proteins 16.30 (g)
- Fat 27.80 (g) of which saturated 1.52 (g)of which unsaturated 1.07 (g)
- Fibers 2.61 (g)
- Sodium 916.79 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 225 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Creamy Pasta with Sausage
- 11 oz pasta (any shape you prefer)
- 10.6 oz sausage
- 1 cup tomato passata
- 5 fl oz heavy cream (liquid) (about 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp)
- 1 white onion (medium)
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 glass white wine
- 1.4 oz grated Parmesan cheese (about 1/3 cup)
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 small bunch parsley
How to prepare Pasta alla carcerata
Pour 3-4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a large skillet and add the peeled and very thinly sliced onion. Let it sauté over medium heat for about a minute. Add the sausage, removed from its casing and coarsely crumbled. Let it brown for a few minutes over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon.
Pour in the white wine and let it evaporate. Continue by adding the tomato passata and season with salt. Turn the heat down and let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Meanwhile, cook the pasta shape you chose in plenty of salted water. At the end of cooking, add the fresh cream to the sauce.
Drain the pasta al dente, reserving a little of the cooking water, and transfer it to the pan with the sauce. Mix well. If you need to make the dish creamier, add a few tablespoons of the reserved cooking water. Add the grated Parmesan, a pinch of pepper and the chopped parsley. Mix well and serve the pasta.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, hugs, Loredana
Loredana’s Tips
I used fresh liquid cream, but you can substitute it with cooking cream or with 140 grams of fresh spreadable cheese like Philadelphia (about 5 oz, roughly 1/2 cup).
Short pasta shapes are best suited for this recipe.
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