Pan Pasta with Sausage and Spinach
Penne Rigate
Olive oil
Two cloves garlic, crushed
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with garlic, basil and oregano
A handful of fresh spinach
Two fresh basil leaves, if you have them
2 Italian sausages, cooked how you like them and thinly sliced
Cook the penne according to the directions on the package. (I used 1/2 cup because it was only me eating tonight, and leftover pasta is not as good as fresh pasta.) While the penne is cooking, saute the crushed garlic in a splash of olive oil. When it gets relatively done, dump in the whole can of tomatoes. No need to worry about straining them. Cook this mixture over medium heat until the tomato liquid starts to form a sauce. At this point, shred in your fresh basil if you have it and stir the mixture around until the basil wilts a little. Turn off the heat, and shred the spinach into the mixture, stirring again until the spinach wilts. Toss the sauce with your cooked penne and sausage. Sprinkle on some parmesan for a tasty garnish. Enjoy!
When I decided to make this tonight, I only had frozen, uncooked sausage, so I decided to broil some in the oven as I lack a grill. Well, I started cooking the pasta and the sauce, opened the oven to check the sausage, and it was ON FIRE. I shut the door and just stood there for a minute, then had the presence of mind to turn the oven off and put a baking sheet over my fiery sausage.
I then had the following conversation with Christie via facebook chat:
me: so I definitely just lit a sausage on fire in my oven... go me
Christie: mmm i bet it will be so good tho
Because that's what friends are for.
The sausage was delicious. I highly recommend roasting it over an oven fire until thoroughly blackened.
Mmm!
