Pasta With Pumpkin And Sausage

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Extra-virgin olive oil - divided
1 tablespoon	15ml	Missing Ingredient
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Bulk sweet Italian sausage
4		Garlic cloves - cracked, chopped
1		Onion - finely chopped (medium)
1		Bay leaf - fresh or dried
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sage leaves chiffonade
		= (abt 4 to 6 sage sprigs)
1 cup	237ml	Dry white wine
1 cup	237ml	Chicken stock
		= (canned or paper container)
1 cup	237ml	Canned pumpkin
1/2 cup	118ml	Heavy cream
		= (3 turns around the pan)
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground or freshly grated nutmeg
		Coarse salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Penne rigate - cooked to al dente
		Romano or Parmigiano - for grating
		Accompaniment
		Pumpernickel or whole grain bread
		Spinach Salad With Apple And Red Onion - (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Heat a large, deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and brown the sausage in it. Transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate. Drain fat from skillet and return pan to the stove. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and then the garlic and onion. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until the onions are tender.

Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to the pan. Reduce wine by half, about 2 minutes. Add stock and pumpkin and stir to combine, stirring sauce until it comes to a bubble. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat, and stir in cream. Season the sauce with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer mixture 5 to 10 minutes to thicken sauce.

Return drained pasta to the pot you cooked it in. Remove the bay leaf from sauce and pour the sausage pumpkin sauce over pasta. Combine sauce and pasta and toss over low heat for 1 minute. Garnish the pasta with lots of shaved cheese and sage leaves.

Serve pumpkin sausage pasta with pumpernickel or whole grain bread and Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1A13) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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