Rustic Walnut Rapini Pasta |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This flavorful dish is the perfect comfort food for a chilly winter day. The Italian sausage, combined with a savoury blend of garlic, onion, lemon zest, is perfectly topped with toasted walnuts. So very good!! Ingredients:
1/2 lb hot italian sausage, meat, crumbled |
1 cup red onion, sliced |
4 garlic cloves, monced |
1 cup walnut halves, toasted |
1/2 lb rigatoni pasta |
5 cups rapini, roughly chopped |
1 tablespoon lemon zest |
1/2 cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup pecorino cheese, grated |
chili flakes |
Directions:
1. In large skillet, brown sausage meat over medium-high heat, breaking up pieces with the back of a spoon. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts.
3. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Add rapini during the last minute of cooking. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water in a measuring cup.
4. Drain pasta and rapini in a colander.
5. Add reserved pasta water, lemon zest, and Parmesan cheese in the walnut mixture. Stir in pasta and rapini.
6. Serve with additional Parmesan cheese and chili flakes, if desired.
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