Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage

1. Unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons
2. Extra-virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon
3. Onion, minced - 1 small
4. Garlic, minced - 3 cloves
5. Chopped pancetta - 1 (4 ounce) package
6. Italian chicken sausage (such as Trader Joe's® Chicken Sicilian Sausage) - 1 (12 ounce) package
7. Red wine - ⅓ cup
8. Crimini mushrooms, sliced - 1 (8 ounce) package
9. Cherry tomatoes, halved, or more to taste - 20
10. Chopped fresh basil - 3 tablespoons
11. Chopped fresh oregano - 2 tablespoons
12. Salt to taste - 2 tablespoons
13. Orecchiette pasta - 1 (16 ounce) package
14. Chopped baby spinach - 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage

1. Stage

Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion starts to soften, about 2 minutes.

2. Stage

Increase heat to high and add pancetta to the skillet. Cook and stir until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove casings from the sausages; add sausage meat to skillet. Cook and stir until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in wine and scrape the bottom of the skillet.

3. Stage

Toss mushrooms into the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, and salt. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thick, 1 to 2 hours.

4. Stage

Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in orecchiette and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 7 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water and drain without rinsing the pasta.

5. Stage

Stir spinach into the sauce in the skillet. Cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Toss pasta into the skillet and stir to combine everything. Stir until heated through, adding some reserved pasta water if the sauce seems too thick.