Florentine Italian Sausage Pasta
 
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Recipe type: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 pound Italian Sausage, mild or hot, your preference (See note below).
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 T. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 pound of pasta, your choice
  • 1 T. salt
  • 10 oz. baby spinach ( 2-5 oz. containers)
  • Red Pepper Flakes
  • Basil Chiffonade
  • Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
  1. Place oil in skillet preheated to medium-low heat.
  2. Add garlic, stirring until fragrant and light golden in color.
  3. Add in the sausage, without casings, and chop until crumbled and no longer pink.
  4. While sausage is cooking, heat water with salt to boiling point.
  5. One minute before al dente time is reached for chosen pasta, add spinach to pasta.
  6. Reserve one cup of pasta water and set aside.
  7. Drain pasta and spinach; add into skillet with sausage.
  8. Stir to evenly distribute pasta and spinach; slowly add in reserved pasta water and continue to cook for a couple of minutes.
  9. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, if desired, along with basil and grated parmesan.
Notes
I have used Italian turkey sausage as well for this recipe.
Recipe by My Dragonfly Cafe at https://mydragonflycafe.com/florentine-italian-sausage-pasta/