Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage

Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (4 ounce) package chopped pancetta
  • 1 (12 ounce) package Italian chicken sausage (such as Trader Joe's® Chicken Sicilian Sausage)
  • 1/3 cup red wine
  • 1 (8 ounce) package crimini mushrooms, sliced
  • 20 cherry tomatoes, halved, or more to taste
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
  • salt to taste
  • 1 (16 ounce) package orecchiette pasta
  • 1 cup chopped baby spinach


  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

04/29/2018
Orecchiette with Fresh Tomatoes and Sausage, recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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