Italian Sausage and Shrimp with Penne Pasta
Created by TeaBo on November 15, 2012
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #6962
Ingredients
- 1 pound hot Italian sausage, cut into thirds
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, shredded
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup canned chicken broth
- 16 ounces raw medium shrimp, deveined
- Salt and pepper
- 6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 4 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- 1 pound penne pasta cooked al dente, drained
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large, heavy bottom saute pan, brown sausage in 2 tablespoons olive oil, leaving slightly undercooked at center. Remove sausage and reserve in warm place.
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Step 2: Add garlic to hot pan and cook while scraping bottom and not allowing pan to burn. Add shrimp and season with salt and pepper. Toss shrimp until shrimp turn color and are cooked, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove shrimp from pan and set aside.
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Step 3: Add wine and broth to pan and boil until reduced by half. Add the reserved shrimp, sausage and its juices, basil and cooked pasta. Toss all together and heat through. Taste and season again if needed. Drizzle with remaining olive oil. Serve sprinkled with pine nuts and grated cheese.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (428.9 g)
- Calories 870.2
- Total Fat - 61.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.5 g
- Cholesterol - 221.4 mg
- Sodium - 1887.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 36.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 0.5 g
- Protein - 42 g
- Calcium - 97.8 mg
- Iron - 3.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg