Pasta with Sausage, Sage, & Tomato Cream Sauce

My favorite pasta dishes are always very colorful & flavorful, so this Pasta with Sausage, Sage, & Tomato Cream Sauce definitely passes the test!  It's surprisingly easy, only uses one pan, has minimal ingredients, and is still a delicious dish that looks like you spent hours slaving away over the stove to make it.  With the flavors of sweet chicken sausage, sage, mushrooms, & tomatoes all coming together in a creamy sauce, this dish will satisfy foodies and pasta-lovers alike.

1 ½ lb. spagetti pasta
1 onion, finely chopped
5 cloves garlic, minced
8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
1 package raw Sweet Italian Chicken Sausages from Trader Joe's
3 bell peppers, sliced lengthwise
1 bunch sage, minced
3 cups finely chopped tomatoes
1 cup heavy cream
¾ cup chicken stock

Cook the pasta in salted boiling water for 12 minutes.  Drain, rinse, and cool.

Preheat a large pan coated in olive oil.  When the oil begins to sizzle, add the onion & 3 cloves of the garlic, then sauté until the onion turns a light golden brown.

Add the mushrooms and 1 tsp salt, then sauté for 15 minutes until the mushrooms are golden brown and meaty in texture.

Remove the casings from all 5 sausages, then add them to the pan along with a splash of white wine and use a wooden spoon to break them up into small chunks.

Sauté until the sausages are browned all over and cooked through.

Add the bell peppers and sage to the sausage along with some salt and pepper.

Cook until the bell peppers are slightly softened, then transfer the sausage mixture to a large bowl.

In the same pan you used for the sausage mixture, cook the tomatoes along with the remaining 2 cloves of garlic.

Cook until the tomatoes are bubbling in their own liquid and have slightly reduced, then add the cream and chicken stock.

Put the sausage mixture back in the pan with the tomato sauce, turn off the heat, and mix.

In the same large bowl used earlier for the sausage mixture, thoroughly mix the pasta with the tomato/sausage mixture.

This pasta is ideal served with steamed artichokes and salad, the flavors of the artichoke really meld well with the creamy sauce and pasta.  Try cutting up the artichoke heart on your plate and mixing it with the pasta dish, trust me, it's delicious!

 

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