Bow - Tie Pasta & Sausage

By PATPAT

Ingredients

• 12 oz Sweet or Hot Sausage
• 6 T Olive Oil
• 1/2 C Onion, chopped
• 1 Clove Garlic, chopped
• 1/4 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
• 6 Sun-dried Tomato Halves, cut into 1/4 inch strips
• 1/2 C Boiling Water
• 1 16oz Box Farfalle Pasta
• 2 T Italian Parsley
• Ground Black Pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Remove casing from sausage; breaking into smaller pieces, in nonstick skillet, brown and cook throughly. Transfer sausage to side plate. Add oil and onion to hot skillet. Cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Add sausage, garlic, and crushed red pepper (omit red pepper if using hot sausage). Heat large pot of water to boiling. Place dried tomatoes in small bowl; add 1/2 cup boiling water to dried tomatoes; let stand. Meanwhile add the pasta and salt to boiling water. Cook, stirring occasionally about 8 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Add dried tomatoes and soaking water, parsley and sausage to the pasta. Heat stirring, until blended, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with black pepper and serve.