Spicy Sausage Rigatoni with Spinach & Romano Cheese
15 Min Meal

Spicy Sausage Rigatoni

with Spinach & Romano Cheese

15 MIN
2 Servings
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    Designed to be ready in just 15 minutes, our new line of meals feature pre-cooked grains and easy-to-prep ingredients to create the same high-quality dishes you love, in less time! In this creamy pasta, hot Italian sausage and tubular rigatoni simmer in a simple tomato sauce. A swirl of mascarpone cheese provides cooling contrast to the extra kick of heat from Calabrian chile paste.
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    Spicy Sausage Rigatoni with Spinach & Romano Cheese
    Title
    • 10 oz Hot Italian Pork Sausage
    • 10 oz Cooked Rigatoni Pasta
    • 3 oz Baby Spinach
    • 1 8-Oz Can Tomato Sauce
    • ¼ cup Grated Romano Cheese
    • 1½ tsps Calabrian Chile Paste
    • 2 Tbsps Mascarpone Cheese
    Prepare the ingredients & start the sausage
    1 Prepare the ingredients & start the sausage

    Wash and dry the spinach. In a large pan (nonstick, if you have one), heat a drizzle of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the sausage. Cook, stirring frequently and breaking the meat apart with a spoon, 4 to 5 minutes, or until browned.

    2 Make the sauce

    To the pan, add the tomato sauce, 1/2 cup of water (carefully, as the liquid may splatter), and as much of the chile paste as you'd like, depending on how spicy you'd like the dish to be; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, 2 to 3 minutes, or until combined, slightly thickened, and the sausage is cooked through.

    Make the sauce
    Finish & serve your dish
    3 Finish & serve your dish

    To the pan, add the pasta, mascarpone, and spinach; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, 1 to 2 minutes, or until thoroughly combined and the spinach is wilted. Turn off the heat. Serve the finished pasta garnished with the romano. Enjoy!

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