Casarecce with Butternut Sauce, Sausage,Spinach

By á-46880

Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 lb Spicy Italian chicken sausage or Johnsonville
• 2 bags frozen butternut squash, diced, or 1 lb butternut squash, peeled, diced 1 tbls butter
• 10 0z casarecce or pasta of choice
• 1/4 cup shallots, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups baby spinach, chopped
• 2 tbls fresh shaved parmesan
• 4 sage leaves, sliced thin
• Kosher salt and ground pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Start water boiling in a large pot for your pasta, and add butternut squash if using
fresh, and cook until soft. If using frozen, thaw and puree in blender as with fresh.

Add pasta to boiling water and cook until al dente, reserving pasta water.

Meanwhile in a large, deep sided skillet, sauté sausage over medium heat until browned, when cooked thru, remove to a plate.

Reduce heat to medium low and melt butter, sauté the shallots and garlic until soft and golden....Add pureed butternut squash, season with salt and pepper and add a little of the reserved pasta water, to thin the sauce to your liking.

Add baby spinach and stir in parmesan cheese and sage.

Toss in the pasta and sausage and mix until well coated.

Serve with additional parmesan cheese if desired.