Sausage Pepper Pasta Toss
Sausage Pepper Pasta Toss. The half and half combines with the parmesan making a creamy sauce for the pasta and sausage. So flavorful!
Servings 4 -6
Ingredients
- 8 ounces pasta rotini cooked and drained
- 1 green pepper and 1 red pepper seeded and diced
- 1 cup half and half or milk, for a lighter version
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese plus extra for serving
- 1 pound sweet italian sausage
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to the box instructions.
- While pasta is cooking, prepare the sausage mixture.
- Cook sausage in a large frying pan, 'til sausage is cooked through.
- Drain all visible fat.
- Add in diced peppers and cook several minutes.
- Add in half and half and parmesan cheese.
- Cook for several more minutes to allow cheese to melt and thicken the sauce.
- Combine hot sausage pepper mixture with hot cooked and drained rotini.
- Serve with extra parmesan grated on top.
Notes
Adding in extra pasta stretches this recipe to serve more.