Sausage Orecchiette

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"A delicious dish with orecchiette pasta, sausage and mushrooms. Recipe from Family Circle."

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb orecchiette
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 (10 ounce) package white mushrooms or (10 ounce) package brown button mushrooms, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups loosely packed basil leaves, torn up
• 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, grated

directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook pasta as package directs.
2. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water.
3. Meanwhile, cook sausage in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, or until no longer pink.
4. If necessary, break large pieces apart with a wooden spoon.
5. Add mushrooms and cook an additional 5 minutes.
6. Pour in wine, reserved pasta water and black pepper.
7. Stir in basil.
8. Remove from heat; toss with pasta and cheese.
9. Note: For perfect pasta every time, for 1 pound of dried pasta, bring at least 6 quarts of salted water to a boil.
10. Add all of the pasta.
11. With wooden spoon, stir once or twice to prevent sticking.
12. Check at suggested time; if cooked properly, there will be no white inside.

Reviews

[Mommy Diva]

Delicious flavor, quick and easy to make for a work night or when you are feeling less labor intensive! Great meal we will repeat soon!! I made as directed except used sliced jalepeno Aidell's sausages. YUM! Thanks for another keeper, Lainey!!!

 

[Kasha]

Super good. I used sliced sauteed zucchini as I didnt have mushrooms. SO good I wouldn't change it. Fast and restaurant quality results. Good instructions.

 

[bluemoon downunder]

A tasty and easy to prepare meal. Zero tolerance of anything hot and spicy, so I used my favourite gourmet chicken and chive sausages and added some minced garlic and thyme towards the end of step 5. Otherwise, I made this exactly to the recipe and wouldn't want to change a thing. Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe, Lainey. Made for Gimme 5.

 

[Shuzbud]

A truly delicious and satisfying meal! I served this on a hot day so it was really nice to have a sauce on the dish that wasn't thick or heavy. I used zucchini instead of mushrooms and this worked brilliantly. Thanks for a super keeper!

 

[Lori Mama]

So simple yet so delicious. I wish my basil plant had been in it's growing glory, becasue I would have added more basil than I had on hand. Next time for sure. :)