Pasta With Sausage, Squash, And Sage

Pasta With Sausage, Squash, And Sage

DATE: September 22, 2022
  • diet
  • dinner
  • Italian Spice Blend
  • Let the Good Thyme Roll
  • meal type
This pasta with sausage, squash, and sage is the ultimate fall weeknight dinner that earns a permanent spot in your autumn recipe rotation. Sweet, tender butternut squash and savory chicken apple sausage come together with fresh sage and Healthy On You® Let the Good Thymes Roll Italian Spice Blend for a rich, herby combination that tastes unmistakably like fall in every comforting forkful. Simple pantry and freezer staples transformed into something truly special. This easy fall pasta recipe is a healthy weeknight dinner that comes together quickly with ingredients you likely already have on hand. A butternut squash and sausage pasta recipe with sage and Italian herbs that is crowd-pleasing, deeply satisfying, and the kind of cozy autumn meal that keeps everyone at the table asking for seconds.
  • Time: 45min
  • Serves: 6
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  • 1 lb cupped or tubed pasta, like orecchiette or penne
  • 1 lb chicken apple sausage
  • 2 tbsp Healthy On You®Let the Good Thymes Roll Spice Blend
  • ¾ lbs peeled butternut squash, cut into ½ -inch cubes (about 2 cups)
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish
  • 8 sage leaves
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, cook the sausage: In a sauté pan or skillet (large enough to hold all the pasta), add the sausage and enough cold water to cover. Set over medium-high heat, then remove from the heat when the water hits a boil, about 8 to 10 minutes.
  2. Transfer the sausage to a cutting board and cut into ½-inch coins. Dry out the pan and return it to the stove.
  3. In the same pan, heat the olive oil over high heat until nearly smoking. Add the sausage and cook, flipping once, until dark brown on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the sausage to a paper towel-lined plate.
  4. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the squash, Let the Good Thymes Roll Spice Blend and a pinch of salt to the pan.
  5. Let cook, stirring briefly and scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan, until all pieces are browned (about 5 to 7 minutes).
  6. While the squash is browning, add pasta to boiling water and cook to al dente according to package directions.
  7. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, and drain the pasta.
  8. When the squash is nicely browned, add the butter, 3 tbsps olive oil and sage. Cook until the butter is golden and foaming (about a minute or two), then immediately remove the pan from the heat and add back the sausage.
  9. Add the pasta to the pan and mix with the brown butter sauce (if the pasta has cooled off quite a bit, return the pan to low heat while you combine everything).
  10. Stir in the cheese, then add pasta water as needed to smooth the sauce. Adjust with salt and pepper, and serve with extra Parmesan

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