Description
This Winter Pasta with Mushrooms, Sausage Meatballs, Walnuts & Crispy Sage recipe is a comforting and flavorful dish perfect for chilly evenings. The combination of savory sausage meatballs, earthy mushrooms, crunchy walnuts, and crispy sage leaves creates a satisfying pasta dish that will warm you up from the inside out.
Ingredients
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Sausage Meatballs:
- 8 oz. sweet Italian sausage
- Extra virgin olive oil
Pasta:
- 8 oz. dried short cut pasta (such as farfalle or rigatoni)
- 1/4 cup fresh sage leaves
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 lb mushrooms (such as cremini, shiitake, oyster, or chanterelles)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup half and half or heavy cream
- 1/2 cup toasted walnuts
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- Shaved parmesan or romano cheese
Instructions
- Form and Cook Sausage Meatballs: Remove sausage from casings, form into small meatballs, fry in olive oil until browned, crisp, and cooked through. Set aside.
- Cook Pasta and Sage: Boil salted water, cook pasta until underdone. In skillet, crisp sage in olive oil, then set aside. Add butter to skillet, caramelize mushrooms with thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Finish Dish: Add half and half, pasta, meatballs, and parsley to skillet. Adjust consistency with reserved pasta water. Transfer to serving bowl, top with crispy sage, walnuts, and cheese. Serve!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: Approximately 600 kcal
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
