Sausage & Peppers Pasta

Sausage & Peppers Pasta

So absolutely delicious!

Ingredients:

  • 8 ounces uncooked pasta
  • 1 pound Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ½ onion, diced
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 medium yellow bell pepper, diced
  • 2 more tablespoons butter
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 heaping teaspoon flour
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 cups fresh baby spinach
  • S&P to taste
  • Freshly grated parmesan for serving

Directions

Boil pasta & leave in pasta water.

In a large skillet cook sausage.  Remove from skillet to a bowl & keep warm.  In the same skillet melt 2 tablespoons butter and cook onion and peppers for 10 minutes.  Add the remaining butter & garlic.  Cook 1 minute then add flour & stir 1 more minute.  Add cream and mustard.  Stir constantly & sauce will immediately thicken.  Add spinach & sausage to skillet.  Heat on low until spinach is wilted. 

Add a few tablespoons of the pasta water, then the pasta.  Stir to combine.  Top with Parmesan for serving.

Recipe from Salt & Lavender.