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Thursday Night Pasta Recipe


Thursday Night Pasta Recipe
I was sitting home alone one Thursday night & came up with this pasta dish from items that needed to be used in the pantry & fridge. Now I make sure these items are in stock because this recipe was so good! Sometimes I like to sub chicken for... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups uncooked farfalle
  • 1 Italian sausage link, cubed
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/3 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup half & half
  • 1/8 tsp lemon zest
  • 1/8 tsp white ground pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/8 tsp dried tarragon
  • 1 dash nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup shredded parmesan
  • 3/4 cup baby leaf spinach
  • 1/4 cup dried cherries

Directions
  1. In a medium sized sauce pan cook the Italian sausage until browned through. Remove from pan and place in a medium sized bowl.
  2. Meanwhile, bring a medium size pot of lightly salter water to a boil & add farfalle. Cook until al dente, then drain.
  3. Over medium high heat Melt the butter in the sauce pan and add garlic & mushrooms. Saute for 2 minutes and then add in walnuts; keep cooking until walnuts are toasted. Remove from the saucepan and place in the reserved bowl with the sausage.
  4. Pour the half & half into sauce pan and add in the lemon zest, white pepper, black pepper, tarragon, nutmeg and salt. Bring to a boil until sauce thickens slightly, whisking frequently.
  5. Add in the parmesan cheese & stir until completely melted. Continue by combining the items from the reserved bowl, then the spinach and dried cherries into the sauce & cook until spinach has wilted.
  6. Remove from heat, toss with pasta and serve immediately.

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What A Great Blend Of Flavors Goin' On In This Angie. All Of The Herbs and Cheese, Then The Nuts And To Amplify All Of This, Ya Add The Cherries. Nice Goin There, I Like It! This Is One Of Those 'Must Try' Recipes. Thnx For Sharing,
Steff


All the fine ingredients of a fantastic Pizza thanks high5 great post


I think this will be great. I am sure glad you came up with this. I never would have, but that doesn't mean I won't like it. I might even have alot of this stuff on hand. Thanks for posting.


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