Calabrian Sausage Pasta

Bold, spicy Calabrian sausage with a garlicky tomato cream sauce tossed with pasta — a flavor-packed dinner in under 30 minutes!

📝 Ingredients

• 12 oz Calabrian sausage (spicy Italian sausage), sliced or crumbled

• 10 oz pasta (penne, rigatoni, or spaghetti)

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• ½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional, for extra heat)

• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

• Salt & black pepper, to taste

• Fresh basil or parsley, chopped, for garnish

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Cook the pasta — Boil in salted water until al dente. Reserve ½ cup pasta water, then drain.

2. Cook the sausage — In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and cook until browned and cooked through. Remove and set aside.

3. Make the sauce — In the same skillet, sauté garlic for 30 seconds. Add cherry tomatoes and red pepper flakes. Cook until tomatoes soften.

4. Creamy goodness — Stir in heavy cream and Parmesan. Simmer until sauce thickens slightly.

5. Combine — Add pasta and sausage back into the skillet. Toss to coat, adding reserved pasta water if needed for a silky sauce.

6. Serve — Garnish with fresh basil or parsley and extra Parmesan.