This pasta has the most delicious spicy tomato cream sauce that I absolutely love! Combine that sauce with pasta, sausage, tomatoes and spinach and you have a most delicious meal.
Even though this meal has spinach in it and could maybe pass for a complete meal, I served it with a salad to make it more of a complete meal. I am always trying to find ways to add more vegetables into my diet and I felt like adding a salad along with the spinach in the pasta would help me to get more vegetables into my diet.
Italian Sausage Rigatoni
Ingredients:
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16 ounces
rigatoni -
1 tablespoon
olive oil -
16 ounces
Italian sausage -
4 ounces
bacon, chopped -
1/2
medium yellow onion, diced -
3
cloves garlic, minced -
1/4 cup
white wine -
14.5 ounce
can fire roasted tomatoes -
1 cup
heavy cream -
2 cups
baby spinach -
1/2 teaspoon
black pepper -
1/2 teaspoon
crushed red pepper flakes -
1/3 cup
shredded parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Cook the pasta according to the package direction and drain well. Return the pasta to the pan.
- Meanwhile, in a large sauté pan, over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil. Add in the sausage and bacon and cook until the sausage is completely cooked and bacon is crispy. Using a slotted spoon transfer the meats to a paper towel lined plate, keeping as much oil in the pan as possible.
- Add in the diced onion and sauté until soft and translucent. Add in the minced garlic and sauté for an additional minute.
- Pour in the wine and add in the tomatoes. Stir and allow to simmer until the liquid has reduced by almost half.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and stir in the cream, spinach, black pepper, crushed red pepper and sausage and bacon mixture. Simmer until the cream is heated and spinach has wilted, adjusting the heat as needed so the cream does not come to a boil, just keep it at a simmer.
- Add in the parmesan cheese and simmer until the cheese has melted and sauce has thickened slightly.
- Pour the sauce over the noodle and stir to coat the noodles well with the sauce.
Enjoy!!!
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Nutrition Facts |
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Servings: 6 |
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Amount Per Serving |
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Calories: 535 |
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Total Fat |
35.9g |
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Saturated Fat |
16.8g |
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Trans Fat |
0g |
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Polyunsaturated Fat |
0.3g |
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Monounsaturated Fat |
1.6g |
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Cholesterol |
78mg |
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Sodium |
384.4mg |
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Total Carbohydrates |
25.5g |
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Dietary Fiber |
2.7g |
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Sugars |
3.3g |
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Protein |
11.9g |
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Calcium |
17.2% |
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Iron |
9.4% |
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Potassium |
257.4mg |
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Vitamin A |
40.7% |
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Vitamin C |
12.6% |
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*Nutritional information will vary depending on the brands you use. |
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