Creamy Tomato Sausage Penne
Creamy Tomato Sausage Penne is the most perfect, quick, easy, wonderfully tasty pasta dish. Full of flavorful Italian sausage, penne, and a creamy marinara sauce, and so quick to pull together!
Servings:6 servings
Ingredients
- 3 cups (12 ounces) penne noodles, cooked according to package directions
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage , hot or mild
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 24 ounces marinara sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian blend herb seasoning , or Herbs de Provence
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 - 1 ½ teaspoons salt, to taste
- cracked black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Drizzle oil into a skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and brown for 5-8 minutes, breaking apart into small pieces as it cooks.
- Stir in marinara sauce, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in heavy cream. Stir in cooked penne. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir in cooked penne. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Garnish with fresh herbs like basil or thyme if desired and serve.
Notes
Heavy cream swap: easily sub out the heavy cream for a fat free half and half or other milk. Thicken it up with a simple corn starch slurry of 1/4 cup water + 1 T corn starch whisked til dissolved. Stir into bubbling pasta sauce til thickened.
Expert tip: stir in 1 cup of fresh baby spinach!
Serving suggestion: garlic bread and tossed salad.
Garnish it: top it off with fresh basil, grated parmesan cheese, and cracked black pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 625 kcal, Carbohydrates: 50 g, Protein: 21 g, Fat: 38 g, Saturated Fat: 16 g, Cholesterol: 109 mg, Sodium: 1094 mg, Potassium: 724 mg, Fiber: 4 g, Sugar: 6 g, Vitamin A: 1131 IU, Vitamin C: 9 mg, Calcium: 62 mg, Iron: 3 mg