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Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes
This Spinach Pasta recipe is vibrant yet creamy and comforting layered with your favorite summer veggies! It’s loaded with healthy Italian chicken sausage, charred sweet corn, bursting cherry tomatoes, fresh spinach enveloped in an aromatic creamy sauce spiked with garlic, basil and Parmesan. This spinach pasta is hypnotic as written but is also extremely flexible – use your favorite protein veggies, etc. This spinach pasta recipe also reheats beautifully for meal prep or lunches throughout the week. Serve the spinach pasta with homemade butter breadsticks and fruit salad for the perfect weeknight dinner everyone will rave about!
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 33 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 18 min👤 Jen📖 carlsbadcravings
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- skillet
- saucepan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cook pasta in salted water according to package directions until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water before draining pasta. Toss drained pasta with a drizzle of olive oil to keep it from sticking. Set aside.
2
Melt butter in olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet/saucepan. Add chicken sausage and tomatoes and cook for ⏱️ 3 minutes. Add shallots, garlic, red pepper flakes and cook an additional ⏱️ 2-3 minutes, just until the shallots are softened. Turn heat to low and sprinkle in flour and cook until raw flour smell is gone, ⏱️ 1-2 minutes (it will be thick).
large shallot, chopped1
3
Stir in chicken broth and heavy cream followed by all seasonings.
heavy cream1 cup
4
Bring the sauce to a simmer. Simmer until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally, ⏱️ 5-10 minutes.
5
Reduce heat to Low and stir in Parmesan cheese until melted. Stir in spinach, corn and basil and cook ⏱️ 1-2 minutes, just until spinach is wilted.
6
Add pasta and toss until well coated in sauce, adding a little reserved pasta water if needed to reach desired consistency. Taste and season with additional salt, pepper and/or red pepper flakes to taste.
7
Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and fresh basil if desired.
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