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grape tomatoes and italian sausage meat over pasta served in oval dish with checkered yellow tablecloth

Grape Tomatoes and Sausage with Bowtie Pasta

Claudia
Sweet grape tomatoes and Italian flavored sausage meat, team up to make a fresh and satisfying pasta dish.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 590 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound sausage meat italian flavored
  • 1 ½ pints grape tomatoes use more if you like
  • 2 tablespoons fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼ cup pasta water
  • ½ pound bowtie pasta usually sold as farfalle

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Cut the grape tomatoes in half lengthwise.
  • If you are using Italian sausage links, take the casing off.

Cooking Instructions

  • Get the water for the bowtie pasta on to boil. This sauce and the bowtie pasta take about the same time to cook. Prepare as directed on package. When cooked, reserve ¼ cup pasta water before draining. If pasta is done before the sauce mixture, add a splash of olive oil to the pasta and mix it in to keep it from sticking together.
  • Warm a skillet on medium high heat and cover the bottom with olive oil.
  • Add sausage meat to to the skillet in large chunks. While cooking break into smaller pieces. Cook until meat is no longer pink, but not browned. If you are using dried oregano, add it to the sausage while cooking to allow it to rehydrate.
  • When sausage is cooked, add the grape tomatoes, fresh oregano (if you haven't used dried), salt and pepper. Stay at the stove and move the ingredients in the skillet around. Cook until grape tomatoes are just getting softened, it will only take minutes. Take the skillet off the heat. Let it rest for a few minutes so more of the juice from the tomatoes can render.
  • Mix the reserved pasta water into the sausage and tomato mixture.
  • Add cooked and drained bowtie pasta to the skillet. Mix thoroughly. Serve

Notes

This recipe is great as a main course or, skip the sausage meat and it is a tasty side dish. 

Nutrition

Calories: 590kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 22gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 1022mgPotassium: 729mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1564IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 3mg
Keyword 5 ingredients or less, easy dinners, easy quick pasta dish, economical meals, grape tomatoes for pasta, italian sausage meat in pasta sauce, Less than 30 minutes to make, pasta with fresh vegetables
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