Bow Ties with Sausage & Tomato Cream Sauce

Bow Ties with Sausage & Tomato Cream Sauce.

 

First thing I did for this recipe is to put a large pot of salted water on the stove to boil for the pasta. 

 

In the meantime I chopped up some onion and measured out my already minced from the store, love that, garlic.

 

Chopped onion & garlic.

 

Next I opened up my sausage.  I used our own homemade Italian venison sausage.  You can use any type of sausage.  Next time I think we will try our homemade Chorizo venison sausage to give it a little extra spice.

 

package of our homemade Italian venison sausage.

 

Once the package was opened, I cut open the sausage links and pulled out the sausage out of its casings. 

Italian venison loose sausage.

 

Next add your oil into a large frying pan.  Heat the oil on medium heat and add your sausage and red pepper flakes.  Cook till brown throughout.  Then add your onion and garlic and cook until the onions are tender.

 

Sausage cooked with red pepper flakes, onions & garlic.

 

By now your pasta water should be boiling. Add your pasta to the boiling water and give it a stir.

 

Now back to your sausage. At this point you want to add in your diced tomatoes, cream & salt.  Reduce the heat and simmer until the sauce is the thickness you would like.  Once done pour into a serving bowl and top with parsley.

 

This recipe was really yummy.  I don't like sausage very much but with raising our own pork we have quite a bit of it.  We also make our own venison sausage if it is a good year of hunting.  This recipe was a nice way to cook sausage and have a little bit of a different taste from the tomatoes and cream.

 

The recipe as is below with the red pepper flakes does not make the dish very spicy, just a little bit of heat.  If you want it spicy I would just use hot sausage.

 

Hailey really liked this recipe, which I knew should would because she loves pasta like I do.  Drew thought it was pretty good too put of course being picky he picked out the chunks of tomatoes.  I must be the only person who has a child that loves tomato sauce but not chunks of tomatoes.  Jamie liked it too but he didn't like out the tomatoes were in chunks either.  Maybe next time I will use a smaller can of diced tomatoes and the other replace the other 1/2 with tomato sauce.

 

Either way this was an easy recipe to make, easy to clean up since it only had 2 pot/pan and yummy too. 

 

I'm sure I will be making this again since we will be sending off our two pigs to the butcher soon and will be having lots of sausage.

 

Here is the full list of ingredients and the recipe if you would like to try making it.

 

Ingredients

 

1 (12 ounce) package bow tie pasta

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 pound any type sausage, casings removed and crumbled

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/2 cup diced onion

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes

1 1/2 cups heavy cream

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
2. Heat oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook sausage and pepper flakes until sausage is evenly brown. Stir in onion and garlic, and cook until onion is tender. Stir in tomatoes, cream, and salt. Simmer until mixture thickens, 8 to 10 minutes.
3. Stir cooked pasta into sauce, and heat through. Sprinkle with parsley