Pasta with Spicy Sausage, Radicchio, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
A hearty Italian pasta dish combining spicy sausage, bitter radicchio, and sweet sun-dried tomatoes with short pasta. This flavorful combination creates a perfect balance of textures and tastes.
Ingredients
- •1 pound casarecce or other short pasta
- •1 to taste Kosher salt
- •¼ cup olive oil
- •1 large onion
- •1 pound spicy Italian sausage
- •1¼ pounds radicchio
- •½ cup sun-dried tomatoes
- •1 to taste black pepper
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta, reserving 3/4 cup pasta cooking liquid; return pasta to pot.
12 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. Add onion and 1/4 tsp. salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes (do not brown). Add sausage and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up sausage into small bits with a wooden spoon, until sausage is mostly cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add radicchio and 2 Tbsp. water. Cook, covered, until sausage is cooked through and radicchio is wilted, 3-5 minutes more.
15 min
- 3.
Add tomatoes, sausage mixture, and 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid to pot with pasta. Season with salt and pepper, toss to coat, and add remaining 1/4 cup pasta cooking liquid, if needed. Divide among serving plates and top with pepper.
5 min
