Sausage Kale Pasta

Chef: Angela Kallison

Time

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4-5 links of Spicy italian sausage
  • 10 oz of Kale
  • 16 oz of Rigatoni pasta
    • Any larger pasta with a big opening will do.
  • 1 Onion
  • 1-2 cloves of Garlic
  • Parmesean cheese
    • To taste.
  • Salt
    • For the pasta water.
  • Red pepper
    • To taste.

Steps

  1. Dice up the onion and the garlic.
  2. Remove the sausage from the casing and crumble into a pan.
  3. Simultaneously, start cooking the pasta. Add a bit of salt to the pasta water.
  4. Once the sausage has cooked a bit, add the onion and the garlic.
  5. Once the onion has softened and the sausage is browned, add the kale and cook until it wilts.
  6. Add red peper to taste (I like mine spicy).
  7. Stop cooking the pasta one minute before it is done.
  8. Add the pasta to the dish.
  9. Create a light sauce with the cheese and pasta water.
  10. Serve with extra parmesean on top.