And my Roasted Parmesan Broccoli with Sun-Dried Tomatoes makes a great side serving of greens with this creamy sausage pasta dish.
Sausage pasta recipes
If you’re no stranger, you will know how much we love a pasta with sausage combo. They’re filling and hearty, balance protein and carbs, quick and easy to prepare. And even easier when you use a nifty little kitchen hack like readymade sausages, rather than mixing and flavouring your own sausage meat. On a weeknight, I certainly don’t have time for that! When you think of Italian sausage, a thick and porky one speckled with fennel comes to mind. You might have tried it already in either my Spicy Sausage Pasta with Ricotta recipe or my Sausage Pasta Bake with Mozzarella. But here, I’m mixing it up with an Italian flavoured chicken sausage.
Creamy sauce
I usually make a tomato-based pasta sauce with a pork and fennel sausage, but to compliment the mozzarella in this chicken sausage, I’m going off script and making a cream-based one. I’ve used heavy cream (US) or double cream (UK). But you can use light cream if that is your preference or are on a lower calorie diet. A creamy pasta sauce doesn’t have to be a stodgy, coma-inducing button-popper. Depending on the type of cream and cheese you use, it can be light and reasonably low cal. An authentic Alfredo-style sauce, like my Creamy Pasta Sauce, should be smooth and silky and gently bind together the other ingredients. In this case the sausage, the pasta, the mushrooms. Mushrooms and cream are truly a match made in food heaven. There is nothing more satisfying than an earthy mouthful of mushroom in a classic cream sauce. If you are into this combination as much as me, I strongly suggest you take a look at my wildly popular Creamy Mushroom Marsala Sauce.
Storage and leftovers
Although I always make too much pasta, there are never any leftovers! But if your family are more restrained than mine, you can cover with cling film and the dish will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days. To reheat, stick it on the stove top with a little water to loosen and heat gently. Make sure the sausage is piping hot. Sauces containing cream don’t freeze well. So either gobble up the lot on the day or refrigerate.
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