Creamy Pasta And Sausage

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb lamb sausage link, mild (i remove the casings and crumble)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
• 2/3 cup canned tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 lb pasta
• parmesan cheese, freshly grated

Recipe

• 1 take sausage out of casings and crumble.
• 2 put olive oil and chopped garlic in a skillet and turn the heat to medium.
• 3 when the garlic becomes pale gold, add the sausage.
• 4 turn from time to time, until nicely browned all over, about 15 minutes.
• 5 add the tomato and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, adjusting the heat if necessary so it will cook at a gentle simmer.
• 6 after about 20 minutes, when the fat separates from the other juices and floats free, add the cream and turn up the heat.
• 7 cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until the cream is reduced.
• 8 add salt and a liberal grinding of pepper.
• 9 turn off the heat and stir in the chopped parsley.
• 10 cook pasta in pot of boiling salted water.
• 11 when tender, but firm to the bite, drain; toss immediately with sauce.
• 12 serve at once with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
• 13 notes: the sauce maybe be prepared several hours in advance.
• 14 it should be reheated gently when the pasta is almost cooked.
• 15 i always double the sauce because in my house there never seems to be enough.
• 16 my family loves this sauce.
• 17 double everything except the sausage, pasta and parmesan cheese to double the sauce.