Sausage and Mostaccioli With Rich Cream Sauce

Submitted by Realtor by day, Chef by night

"Creamy, rich and filling. Serve this with a nice green salad and a big loaf of garlic bread. My little girl absolutely loves this. The bonus is: you can have this on the table in about 30 minutes."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 226.79 g mostaccioli pasta or 226.79 g rotini pasta
• 340.19 g bulk sweet Italian sausage
• 473.18 ml sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms or 473.18 ml button mushrooms
• 59.14 ml chopped green pepper
• 118.29 ml diced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 354.88 ml whipping cream
• 29.58 ml snipped fresh basil or 2.46 ml dried basil, crushed
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 118.29 ml freshly grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions, preferably al dente (firm to the bite); keep warm.
2. For sauce, in a large skillet cook sausage, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic until sausage is brown. Drain fat.
3. Stir whipping cream and basil into sausage mixture; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 8 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese.
4. Spoon the sausage mixture over pasta.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

Great pasta dish and so quick and easy to make! I made a few minor changes, none that I think really changed the flavor...I used red peppers instead of green (personal preference), shallot instead of onion and crimini mushrooms that I cut in half so they were still big enough for DH to pick out. The sauce was simple and very flavorful. The mild sausage gave it a nice flavor without being spicy. I would make this again! Made for Everyday Holiday.