Name: Campanelle Pasta with Sausage and Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients: parm, grated; 1 lb cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 large shallot, minced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 cup basil, chiffonaded; 1/4 cup tomato paste; 1 lb campanelle pasta; olive oil; 2 tsp aleppo pepper; kosher salt; fresh ground pepper; 1 lb mild italian sausage, crumbled

It’s pasta wednesday again. The thought of having what the kids want (noodles, jar sauce!) fills you with dread. But the clock is ticking, the cries of hunger are rising and you need something delicious and fast.

This is that thing. Italian sausage is one of life’s greatest pleasures and pairing it with a caramelized tomato sauce laced with some smoky aleppo pepper makes for a perfect pasta.

Not only that, it’s easy to make and should be on the table in 30 minutes.

Serves 4-6. Reheats well as leftofvers

Directions

in a bit of olive oil, cook sausge over medium high heat, evac to plate

lower heat to medium low, add shallots to pan, season with a big pinch of salt. Cook until translucent, about 3-5 minutes

add garlic and cook 1 minute

increase heat to medium add tomato paste and cook, stirring frequently until darker, about 2-4 minutes. add olive oil if needed

add aleppo pepper and stir

add cherry tomatoes and stir

cook pasta according to package directions, shoot for on the al dente side

meanwhile keep stirring the tomatoes and encouraging them to break down

with one minute left in pasta cooking, add a ladel of pasta water to the tomatoes (congrats its now a sauce!)

stir basil into sauce

take 3 or 4 more ladels full of water and reserve in bowl

taste sauce and adjust seasoning as appropriate (it will need more salt and a few grinds of pepper at the least)

add sausage back to tomato sauce

drain pasta and add to tomato sauce

stir and assess sauce, if it looks to dry and pasta water until it looks right

serve, topping with cheese

Campanelle Pasta with Sausage and Cherry Tomatoes

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