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Sausage and Ricotta (Skillet)

Here's how you make Sausage and Ricotta (Skillet)
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 25m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound sweet or spicy Italian sausage links, remove all the casings (we like spicy)
  • 1/2 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound dry rotini pasta, ziti or penne will do alsoi
  • 2 tablespoons oil, doesn't matter which kind of oil
  • 1 pound ricotta cheese
  • Salt & pepper
  • 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, more to use at the table
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Place a large pot of salted water on to boil.

  • Step 2: In a heavy skillet, cook the sausage with onion until lightly browned, breaking up the sausage meat with two forks as it cooks. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes.

  • Step 3: Cook the pasta until al dente, then drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.

  • Step 4: Return the pasta to the pot and add the olive oil and sausage over medium heat stirring to mix.

  • Step 5: Add the ricotta, and enough of the pasta water to loosen the ricotta so it coats the pasta and remove from the heat (you may not use the full 1 cup of reserved water).

  • Step 6: Season with salt and pepper and stir in the 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese. Serve the pasta in individual bowls with more Parmesan cheese at the table.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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