Spicy Sausage and Spinach Pasta

This recipe is another crowd pleaser.   You can make this dish with spicy or mild Italian sausage.  I like it spicy!  Any short pasta will do for this dish. It's a quick week night family dinner or perfect for a large crowd.  Any white wine will do with this recipe.  I personally like a Savignon Blanc which is perfect since I add extra red pepper flakes to mine.  Cheers!!


1 lb. Rotini or corkscrew pasta.

1 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil.

1 lb. spicy or mild Italian sausage.

1/2  yellow onion diced.

4 garlic cloves minced.

1 cup of chicken stock.

1/2 cup heavy cream.

2 bags of fresh spinach.

1/4 tsp. salt and pepper.

Red pepper flakes to taste.

Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on at the end. 

Boil water and cook pasta to al dente.

Heat olive oil up in a saute pan.  Add onions and garlic and saute until translucent.  Add sausage and break it up with your spatula. Add salt and pepper and red pepper flakes.

Once sausage has browned, spoon out any excess fat that is in the pan.  Turn heat to medium and stir in chicken stock and cream.  Simmer a few minutes and then take it off the heat.

Put fresh spinach at the bottom of your colander and drain the pasta over the spinach.  Transfer the spinach and pasta back into the pan and pour sausage mixture over the pasta.  Stir to combine.  Top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. 


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