Rigatoni With Sausage Sauce

By lucy1955

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. mild Italian Sausage
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 lb (about 2 1/2 cups) rigatoni or mastacciol
• Salted water
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup each dry white wine and grated Parmesan cheese
• Grated nutmeg
• Additional grated Parmesan Cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Remove casings from sausage;crumble meat.In a deep heavy frying pan over medium-low heat,melt butter.Add sausage and cook slowly,stirring occasionally,until sausage is lightly browned.Meanwhile,cook rigatoni in boiling salted water according to package directions until aldente,drain well.
Add cream and wine to sausage;increase heat to medium high and bring to a boil.Adjust heat so mixture boils gently;cook,stirring occasionally,until sauce is slightlyy thickened (about 5 minutes).Mix in drained rigatoni and the 1/4 cup cheese.Sprinkle lightly with mixture.Serve at once with additional grated Parmesan Cheese.