Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato and Double Sausage Pasta
with Pesto, Spinach and Parmesan
Creamy rigatoni and sun-dried tomato pesto...need we say more? Sausage, spinach and zucchini make this dreamy pasta a hearty dinner. Get ready to devour it!
Protein Plus (50 g protein or more) is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's protein amount.
Ingredients: Mild Italian sausage (pork, spices, salt, sugars (sugar, dextrose), onion, dehydrated garlic, flavour, sunflower oil, water) • Zucchini • Rigatoni pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sundried tomato pesto (sundried tomato, water, soy oil, canola and extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), basil leaves, salt, sugar, herbs, spices, vinegar, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) (milk) • Spinach • Yellow onion • Garlic puree (garlic puree, soybean oil, water, citric acid, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) (wheat) • Chicken broth concentrate (sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), chicken stock, chicken fat, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, flavoring, water, glutamic acid, chicken fat, chicken powder, xanthan gum, organic sunflower oil), salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum, natural flavor) • Chili flakes.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
500 g
Mild Italian Sausage, uncased
170 g
Rigatoni
()
1 unit(s)
Zucchini
56 g
Baby Spinach
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
1 tbsp
Garlic Puree
(May contain traces of: Wheat, Crustaceans, Fish, Mustard, Gluten, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Egg)
1 unit(s)
Chicken Broth Concentrate
½ cup
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
( May contain traces of: Sulphites, Soy, Tree nuts)
½ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
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4 g
Chili Flakes
(May contain traces of: Wheat, Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Triticale, Peanuts)
10 g
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
( May contain traces of: Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Peanuts)
¼ tsp
Salt*
1 tbsp
Oil*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
½ cup
Milk*
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, wash and dry all produce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high.
- To the boiling water, add rigatoni. Cook for 12-13 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water.
- Strain rigatoni, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop spinach.
- Cut zucchini into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then zucchini. Cook for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally, until tender-crisp.
- Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a plate.
- Reheat the same pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then sausage and garlic puree. Cook for 4-5 min, breaking up sausage into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.**
- Add onions. Cook for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally, until softened.
- Add Cream Sauce Spice Blend. Cook for 1 min, stirring often, until sausage is coated.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- To the pan with sausage mixture, add 1/2 cup (1 cup) milk and broth concentrate.
- Bring to a simmer and cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until sauce thickens slightly.
- Add zucchini and spinach. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring often, until spinach wilts.
- Season with salt and pepper, if you like.
- To the pot with rigatoni, add sauce mixture, reserved pasta water and sun-dried tomato pesto. Stir to combine.
- Divide pasta between bowls.
- Sprinkle Parmesan and as many chili flakes as you like over top.
If you've opted for double sausage, cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the regular portion of sausage. Work in batches, if necessary.
