- Serving Size:4
- Total Time:45
- Difficulty:Beginner
INGREDIENTS.
- 1 packageUncle Charley's Hot Italian Sausage
- 2-3 tbspOlive Oil
- 3/2 lb thickly slicedMushrooms
- 1/2 thinly slicedRed Onion
- 5clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 tspcrushed red pepper
- 10 ozBaby spinach leaves
- 1 1/4 cupChicken stock
- 1/2 lbPenne Pasta
- 1 cupMozzarella Cheese
- 1/4Parmesan cheese
- Salt & Pepper
INSTRUCTIONS.
- Fill a medium-sized pot with water, add a generous amount of salt and bring to a boil to cook the pasta. Wash spinach if needed and spin dry or dry with paper towels.
- Poach sausage links, just covered with water and a lid, for about 10 min. Drain off the water.
- Heat about 2 tsp. olive oil in the same large heavy skillet, add sausages and cook until well browned. Let sausage cool, then slice in rounds and brown again, adding a bit more oil if needed.
- As soon as pasta water boils, add the pasta, stir, reduce heat to a low boil and cook just until pasta is al-dente. Drain cooked pasta in a colander placed in the sink.
- While pasta cooks, slice mushrooms and red onions and mince garlic. Remove browned sausage to a bowl, add a little more oil to the pan and add mushrooms, cooking 3-4 minutes or until they start to release liquid. Add the red onions, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook about 5-6 minutes more, or until mushrooms are lightly browned and onions are cooked.
- Put sausage back into the pan with the mushrooms and onions, add the stock and cook 2-3 minutes, or until the sausage is hot. Then add the spinach all at once, tossing with the hot mushrooms-sausage mixture until the spinach wilts, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the drained pasta and heat for a minute or two. Then add both kinds of cheese and toss until the cheese melts and coats the pasta, about 2-3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and serve hot, with more Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on at the table if desired.