Brainy Farfalle with Sausage in Red Sauce...

This Italian dish is one of those simple pasta meals that takes no time to cook yet tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen preparing to serve the most elegant of pasta dishes. 

If you do an online search, you will find out that farfalle is a type of pasta commonly known as bow-tie pasta or butterfly pasta. The name is derived from the Italian word farfalle. In the Italian city of Modena, arfalle are known as strichetti.

For this dish you will need: 1 lb. MILD breakfast sausage (pork or turkey), one box or package of farfalle pasta, 1 med. can/far of diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup of beef stock, one white onion, a clove of crushed garlic and dried herbs.  To begin, chop the onion and mash the clove of garlic, brown in a skillet with a drizzle of olive oil. To that, add the 1 pound of sausage and 2 tsp of Italian dried herbs... for a bit of zing, you can add a shake of red pepper flakes. 

After the sausage has cooked (crumbled and brown) add the 1/2 cup of stock and 1 can/jar of tomatoes and a another dash or two of Italian dried herbs. Let this simmer while you prepare the pasta. Once, the pasta is tender, drain and ladle onto a low lipped serving plate/dish and top with sauce. Toss some grated Parmesan over the top and serve with an arugula and spinach salad.

 

 

~ Tutti a Tavola!