Italian Sausage, Tomato, and Cream With Bow Ties

Pot Scrubber's Note:

Submitted for the 'Zaar World Tour 2005. Ciao!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage , casings removed and crumbled
• ½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• ½ cup diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 (15 ounce) can Italian plum tomatoes , coarsely chopped
• 1 (3 ounce) can black olives , sliced
• 1 ½ cups whipping cream
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces bow tie pasta
• 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• freshly grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add sausage and pepper flakes. Cook until sausage is no longer pink, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes.
2. Add onion and garlic to skillet and cook until onion is tender and sausage is light brown, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, olives, cream, salt and parsley. Simmer until mixture thickens slightly, about 4 minutes.
4. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
5. Toss with mixture and sprinkle with parmesan.

Reviews

[DebMK]

Very good! I used half and half as didn't have heavy cream on hand, and also substituted 2 Tbsp dried parsley instead of the fresh and omitted the olives for the same reason although I want to try it with the olives next time. I also think I'll make it with fettucini pasta next time. We had it with a side of broccoli, a roll and a glass of wine. Definitely will be making this again.

[bmcnichol]

This was good and easy to make. I didn't add the olives and used about 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper instead of red pepper flakes. I didn't add the full amount of pasta because we like our pasta saucy and it seemed like there was more pasta then sauce. I didn't have italian tomatoes so I used petite diced tomatoes and 1/2 teaspoon of italian seasoning. I also only used two tablespoons of parsley. Hubby said it tasted better then it looked. I also enjoyed it.

[JPsBarbie]

I wanted pasta but didn't want my regular spaghetti and meatballs or lasagna and this was perfect! Everyone loved it. I did make a few changes such as adding half a diced red pepper in place of the pepper flakes, adding about 1/3 cup of Chardonnay, and of course a few more cloves of garlic. (48)