Creamy Marry Me Ditalini Sausage Pasta
This creamy ditalini pasta dish is a quick dinner winner with tender pasta, rich sauce, and savory sausage. Perfectly seasoned for a comforting meal anytime.
Equipment
- 1 Large skillet for sauté
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 8 ounces ditalini pasta cooked al dente
- 1-2 tablespoons avocado oil for sauté
- 8 ounces mild Italian ground sausage
- ½ cup sweet onion diced small
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1-1.5 tablespoons tomato paste
- Pinch kosher salt to taste
- Few turns cracked black pepper to taste
- ½ – ¾ cup low sodium chicken broth
- ¾ – 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
- Red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
Instructions
- Begin by heating your avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Toss in the diced onion and let it sauté until it gets translucent and kinda sweet. This sets the flavor base perfectly.
- Add the minced garlic and ground sausage right after. Break the sausage up and cook till browned and fully cooked. You’ll get that tender pull in the sausage chunks which makes it so juicy.
- Stir in the tomato paste along with salt and cracked black pepper. Let everything cook for 2 minutes so the paste can deepen in flavor with the sausage and onion.
- Pour in the chicken broth then bring it all to a simmer. You wanna let the mixture bubble for 5 minutes to reduce a bit and thicken up.
- Turn down your heat to low and stir in the heavy cream. Mix it well so the sauce gets thick and creamy without curdling. The melting parmesan comes next, stir it gently until combined.
- Finally add in your cooked ditalini pasta and toss everything together. Hit it with more salt or pepper if ya need. You spotted the steam cues earlier and now you’re ready to serve this delicious dinner.
Notes
Serve it up hot for the perfect creamy sausage pasta dinner. Adjust salt and pepper to your taste. Consider adding a pinch of red pepper flakes for a slight kick.